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Banish Men From Childbirth: Doc

He says male presence leads to more stress and more C-sections

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 26, 2009 2:41 PM CST

(Newser) – Men should make themselves scarce when women are giving birth, says a French obstetrician who will argue his case at a midwives summit this week. Michel Odent says men make women so stressed they stop producing the oxytocin hormone, which eases deliveries, reports the BBC....   Read full story »

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