There is also a possibility that their reaction would not favourable. Sure, they may shut up but, afterwards, the relationship between his wife and the carers could become frosty?
Rude people tend not to like their shortcomings being challenged.
The birth of our first child was a very good lesson in assertiveness for me. I learned that as the spouse, you're basically the only one with a full overview of the whole process. In the hospital, shifts change, they're taking care of multiple births simultaneously, and I'm the only one who knows how my wife feels.
That gives you a powerful mandate to do whatever is necessary to take care of your partner. So absolutely to tell them to please go somewhere else because people are trying to sleep here.
Some things I had to do:
* My wife's (artificially induced) contractions were coming so fast that she had no time to recover. I noticed she was crying, which she absolutely never does. I warned the nurses, and they lowered her oxytocin (or whatever it was) and gave her some morphine.
* Later, after enthusiastically encouraging her to push and saying that the baby was coming, for two hours, I asked if the baby was actually coming. They didn't know. "Could you check?" Turns out the baby was stuck and had to be pulled out. I really wonder when they would have noticed this if I hadn't asked.
And this was at a Dutch hospital that's known for their good childbirth and maternity care. I was quite surprised about our experience (though it was a very complicated pregnancy).
The birth of our second child was a breeze. I was all ready to do my job again, but the baby was already born.
There is also a possibility that their reaction would not favourable. Sure, they may shut up but, afterwards, the relationship between his wife and the carers could become frosty?
Rude people tend not to like their shortcomings being challenged.