My Husband Wants to Be a Birth Partner for His Best Friend — But He’s Married, Not on Call for Single Moms

Every couple has people who drift in and out of their lives, but for Jenna, one woman was always hovering on the edges of her marriage. Her name is Leah, Mike’s childhood best friend.

Jenna tolerated the friendship, even when it made her uneasy. After all, Mike insisted it was innocent. They grew up together, shared memories, and leaned on each other. But Jenna admits she never fully trusted how close they were.

Then came the turning point. Leah, now 34, became pregnant after a brief relationship. When the father walked away, Leah was left alone and facing single motherhood. That’s when she turned to Mike—not just for support, but for something far more complicated.

The Request That Changed Everything

First, Leah asked Mike to be her birth partner, the person standing at her side in the delivery room. Jenna already felt uneasy about that, sensing that her husband was being pulled into an intimate role that should have been reserved for family.

But then came the real shock. Leah asked Mike to go one step further: to put his name on her baby’s birth certificate. Not as a supportive friend. As the father.

Her reasoning? Mike had no children of his own, and this baby would give him the chance to finally be “a dad.” Leah even tried to soften the request by saying she wouldn’t ask him for money, only for his name and presence. To Jenna, it was manipulation dressed as compassion.

A Husband Torn Between Loyalty and Desire

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