Hmmmm, lots of takes on this one and, for some mums like Deborah P, of course, having your children with you at the birth might be out of necessity rather than anything else. But what do you reckon?
Courts had been known to give them custody rights, calling their gift of sperm an act of parenting. When birth moms died, children were removed from their homes to be placed with men they barely knew.
Laura Shanley not only had her four children at home ... Trying to encourage relaxation is a reason unassisted-birth believers don't want a doctor or midwife present. Traditional medicine holds ...