Dads - were you present for birth of your child? Study claims your presence might have made things worse!

Jan 23, 2015, 10:25 AM

One for the fathers listening, were you present at the birth of your child? Its estimated that 95% of fathers are now present at the birth of their child but a new study has suggested that in some cases the father being there can make the pain of childbirth worse. What do you think, were you present at the birth of your child? Did you ban your other half from the delivery room? Or was it a case of if you are going through it they are going through it? Stephen gets the views of Sunday World columnist Daragh Keany and commentator Heidi McAlpin