OBJECTIVES:  Childbirth as one of the most beautiful events in an individual’s life, has been integrated into the „healthcare machinery”, being involved to the labor/delivery is unnatural to many fathers today. Our aim was to discover influencing factors of the fathers participating in childbirth education and the effect of their perceptions of the delivery. METHODS:  Our study was set up in Veszprém, Hungary, in 2014 amongst families having the delivery the father involved. (N=100) We used mean, prevalence and Chitest to statistical analysis. Evaluation of the questionnaires was done by MS Excel software. RESULTS:  Fathers with lower qualification has less knowledge on expecting a baby, and the awarding of childbirth education is also low (p<0.05). The higher the father is qualified, the earlier is his decision on the presence at the labor/delivery. Participation in childbirth education is depending on the baby’s place in the birth-hierarchy (p<0.05), the qualification of the father (p<0.05), but not influenced by the fact if the child was planned or not in the family (p>0.05). Those with higher levels of education, prepare more consciously for having a baby. 94.5% of the mothers had positive experience about their partner’s support in the labor/delivery, while after childbirth, 43% of the couples experienced positive change in their relationship. 29% of the interviewed mothers answered that the father becomes more understanding, 14% of them experienced better communication. Childbirth is a positive change of quality in family relationships (p<0.05), perceptions are strong and determining in the couple’s life. CONCLUSIONS:  Early involving the father in the prenatal care is important for their later relationship to their child. It is essential and necessary to provide more information to the lower qualified individuals, and also to emphasize the importance of childbirth education to fathers as well.