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About Michel Odent

Birth

1930

Death

2025

Biography

Michel Robert Fortuné Odent was a French obstetrician and childbirth specialist.

Michel Odent was a renowned French obstetrician who dedicated his career to transforming the childbirth experience.

His most notable work, Bien naître, advocates for the de-medicalization of birth to restore its natural essence.

Throughout his career, he wrote 27 books focusing on fundamental topics such as natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and the role of midwives.

Born in Bresles in 1930, he combined his training as a surgeon and gynecologist with a humanistic vision of obstetrics.

His legacy remains a global reference in the defense of a respectful and physiological environment for the arrival of life.