Michel Odent

Michel Odent (7 July 1930 – August 2025) was a French obstetrician and childbirth specialist. Odent was born in Chamant, France. 

Odent was the author of the first articles about the start of breastfeeding during the hour following birth, the first article about the use of birthing pools during labour, and the first article supporting the Gate control theory of pain to obstetrics.Odent M. The early expression of the rooting reflex. Proceedings of the 5th  International Congress of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rome 1977. London: Academic Press, 1977: 1117-19.Odent M. L’expression précoce du réflexe de fouissement. In : Les cahiers du nouveau-né 1978 ; 1-2 : 169-185Odent M. Birth under water. Lancet 1983: pp1476-77.Odent M. La reflexotherapie lombaire. Efficacité dans le traitement de la colique néphrétique et en analgésie obstétricale. La Nouvelle Presse Médicale 1975 ; 4 (3) :188

Odent died in August 2025 in London, England at the age of 95.

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