BBC Breakfast was amusing today. They had as a guest Michel Odent, who believes that husbands should be banned from delivery rooms, citing what he calls the "masculinisation of the birth environment".
I am more than a little sceptical. The reasoning seems to be that the increase in Caesareans over the last half-century or so coincides with the increase in numbers of births attended by husbands. Maybe so, but it also coincides with an enormous range of other factors too, both medical and cultural.
Also in today's news was the 200th anniversary of the opening of the first curry restaurant in the UK, which makes quite an interesting read.
I am more than a little sceptical. The reasoning seems to be that the increase in Caesareans over the last half-century or so coincides with the increase in numbers of births attended by husbands. Maybe so, but it also coincides with an enormous range of other factors too, both medical and cultural.
Also in today's news was the 200th anniversary of the opening of the first curry restaurant in the UK, which makes quite an interesting read.
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