Girlfriend is having early contractions and I was sent out of the room because it's shared and the other patient is "uncomfortable with men around". Now I don't know what's going on at all, am I allowed to stay in the room? What should I tell the nurses?

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It is a shared room with dividers but the other patient still doesn't want me in there.

Edit: Jesus this blew up. Just an update, we complained to the head nurse on our way to a different hospital. We are only going back there if our son is born <35 weeks as he would most likely be transferred there.

Also to clarify I didn't want to take it out on the nurses as they were paused outside the door for a couple of minutes and I'm guessing the lady was being a thorn in her side. The job is probably hard enough without 2 thorns lol.

Also also as you may have figured out I'm not a doctor but my girlfriend is not in labor. From what I understand early contractions are a semi common problem and the other Hospital gave her a couple of shots to stop the contractions and let our son cook for a little bit longer.