Chris Mulford, I agree with you totally. Birth is a natural and noisy
event. The father to be should be an active participant. He should be the
coach. A doula should be there too. You do not have to go back to the
1960's. All you have to do  is reduction to the incidence of epidural and
bring back natural birth. Quiet is not natural. Linda Bojman, RD, MS, CLE
living in San Diego,CA,USA