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This study aims to investigate fathers' experiences of labour and delivery and compare their emotions from different types of delivery. One hundred and twenty-one couples were given questionnaires following the delivery of their babies after labour before discharge from the hospital where they were required to rate their feelings on a visual analogue scale. Generally, fathers were keen to accompany their partners during labour, with 81% giving a score of 9 or above. Most of them found the experience rewarding and enjoyable, but they found operative delivery more traumatic compared to normal vaginal delivery ( P =0·003 for caesarean section and P =0·032 for instrumental delivery) and expressed increased anxiety at caesarean sections in labour ( P =0·005). Women underestimated their partners' positive experiences during labour and found them more helpful than their partners had felt. Both partners felt their …