The effect of the absence of an accompanying person at birth on the basic perinatal outcomes - a randomized study during the lockdown in the COVID epidemic.

The absence of accompanying person or father at the delivery does not affect the the basic parameters of perinatal outcome. This finding provides more freedom in the mother's decision about the presence of an accompanying person at the birth. And also may be an argument for reducing the remorse (bad feelings) of fathers who cannot or do not want to be present at birth.