Wednesday 19 October 2011
France's internventionist birth methods frighten foreign mums
Prenatal medical exam
Wikimedia Commons/USAID
By Nicola Fathers

France has one of the highest birthrates in Europe. But it appears that many pregnant women of foreign origin in France are apprehensive about giving birth in their adopted country. A midwife at a Paris birthing centre says the centre was established due to dissatisfaction at France's "interventionist" approach to childbirth.

tags : France - Health - Medicine - Women
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