He was in the next room with Yoda & Bail for the start of the scene, but yes, he was there for the actual births and naming.He wasn't? Either my memory is completely shot or Obi-Wan was standing less than one foot from Padme when she died, cradling Luke in his arms.
Anakin had two visions of Padme's death; one where she and a baby were screaming and in a lot more distress than what we ultimately saw, and another where she was calmer but exhausted with Obi-Wan stooping over her, telling her to saver her energy and not to give up as she seemingly dies...which again is not quite how it went down.
Now one can interpret this as just variance in possible future events (always in motion is the future) or a clouded vision, distorted by Anakin's anxieties about Obi-Wan & Padme (a sub plot that was played down in the editing process.) Or it can be a little of both.
Point being, force visions should not always be taken at face value. There's typically a deeper meaning to the images and context is everything.
And while we're at it, lets not forget that vision also included 10 year old Anakin being attacked by a Darth Vader that literally jumps out of his shadow. Is anyone going to claim this is a thing that really happened? I didn't think so.
However, it Anakin's mother is already pregnant in the vision, than Palpatine did nothing to make him, just tried to influence him. The midi-chlorian story was to suggest that they conceived Anakin themselves. Doing something to him after that point isn't Palpatine causing her to conceive in any way.
Depending one how one chooses to interpret that image, it could simply represent Vader's anxiety about how much Palpatine has manipulated his development, moulding him into what he is now, in that moment. Maybe at the back of his mind he thinks it's possible Palpatine did indeed do some weird Sith alchemy to induce his conception. Again, it's all about the context.
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