Labor Room

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You doubt me? Its only 2 weeks old…

BBC News - Should dads be in the delivery room?

Should dads be in the delivery room?

The presence of an anxious male partner in the labour room makes the woman tense and slows her production of the hormone oxytocin, which aids the process of labour, so the French doctor contends.

This, he says, makes her much more likely to end up on the operating table having an emergency Caesarean section.

“Having been involved for more than 50 years in childbirths in homes and hospitals in France, England and Africa, the best environment I know for an easy birth is when there is nobody around the woman in labour apart from a silent, low-profile and experienced midwife,” he says.

-French obstetrician Michel Odent

You’ve missed the whole article and concentrated on first few paras…there’s no proper research has been done on this subject, the french doc said it based on the number of caesareans taking place and he completely ignored the other and important reason for increase in caesarean births…

here’s the conclusion of this article that you compltely missed..

But what we do know is that there are many reasons why the number of emergency caesarean sections has risen - including obesity, older mothers, and fear of litigation - none of which have anything to do with the presence of dads," says Patrick O’Brien, a consultant from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.