Gordon Ramsay wasn’t in the delivery room when his four eldest children were born, his wife Tana Ramsay said.
During an episode of the ‘Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast,’ hosted by Giovanna Fletcher, Tana opened up about her IVF journey and what it’s been like to raise six children.
She also shared that her celebrity chef husband decided not to be in the delivery room when she gave birth to their first four kids. Instead, she had her mother with her.
“It is very controversial but it just felt right,” Tana told Fletcher on the podcast. “He would’ve gotten all squeamish and probably fainted and all the attention would’ve been on him, and this is my moment.”
The TV broadcaster and cookbook author said she was glad she had that discussion with her husband.
“It didn’t ever really bother me and I actually felt quite happy when we talked about it,” she said. “He said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘If you don’t want to be in there, then don’t.'”
However, Gordon was there when she gave birth to their two youngest kids.
“I don’t know what changed; it’s just he wanted to be there. I felt it would be nice,” Tana said. “I think it was after what we went through with losing Rocky, our little boy.”
The couple, who has been married since 1996, has six children together: Megan, Holly, Jack, Tilly, Oscar, and Jesse, who was born in 2023. In 2016, Tana miscarried a son, whom the couple named Rocky.
Whether spouses are present in the delivery room during labor and delivery varies depending on personal preferences. Sometimes, the primary labor support person can be a female relative, a friend, or even a doula.
The labor duration also varies from person to person, and the primary labor support person should know what to expect.
Some ways that a primary labor support person can help include being an advocate for the patient by helping them weigh their medical options, and offering words of encouragement during the birth process, per parenting resource platform BabyCenter.
A representative for the Ramsays did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.
