I do not like blood. I can handle seeing my own blood, a cut on my arm from working, I just douse the wound with iodine and go about my day. I just don't particularly like, seeing other peoples blood. (maybe I don't like to see other people in pain? IDK) As a child on a dairy farm I have helped in the birthing of calves. I have helped clean up after dogs and cats after their litters were born. I didn't like any of that, but it was necessary to ensure the livestock were taken care of. I remember my Dad, with a long plastic glove that fit up to his shoulder, I remember him sticking his arm all the way into the cow, to help flip the calf over inside the cow, because the calf was being born breeched. (calf coming out butt first, supposed to come out head first)
With all that said, I was in delivery room for my 1st child. My 1 and only focus was my wife. I fed her ice chips and never broke concentration, on her face. Wasn't much I could do, just feed her ice chips and hold her hand when the contractions came. When the order to "push" came, every time my wife would push, daughters heart rate dropped to zero. They, DR.s/Nurses figured out umbilical cord was wrapped around daughters throat. I have no idea how they fixed it down there, because I was staring at wife's face.
Daughter was born, everything was fine, and then I heard it. A very loud "splat". Still holding my wifes hand I looked at the floor, and there was a huge pile of blood, Dark blood, like the blood was almost black in color. Wife passed out and nurses shoved me out of the way. I still don't know exactly what happened. (30 years ago) I do remember them shoving blood into my wife through the IV, and I remember The DR. "down there where I never looked" working frantically. I think the DR. was sewing her up. Blood went in IV and wife woke up asking where was the baby. All was well, though I have no clue what was going on.
What's my point? 1 month before the birth my Uncle gave me this advice when he heard I would be in the delivery room---" Don't look "down there". Keep your eyes and your brain focused on your wifes face and do not break concentration. Do everything possible to comfort her, and again, don't look "down there." Damn good advise. 2nd kid born I did the exact same thing. Focused on her face and comfort.