At Sant'Anna in Turin the father can attend the caesarean section. The aim, as the hospital explains, is "a better welcome and humanisation of childbirth" The first father to witness a caesar section, in recent days, is 33 years old and the mother is 31.
Their child, a 2.8 kilogram boy, was born after the woman was followed by the university's Obstetrics and Gynecology 2, directed by Alberto Revelli.