03/04/2026
Michel Odent was a visionary. At The Matrona all his books are on our suggested reading list.
He showed us that curiosity can change everything. He took a regular hospital in France and turned it into an undisturbed birth haven. With that his c-section and birth complication rates plummeted.
At The Matrona we are keeping his work on undisturbed birth alive.
Undisturbed doesn’t mean abandoned or neglected. It means that we understand that our words and presence can be an intervention.
We trust women and trust that they will tell us if they need some bit of wisdom from our basket of knowledge and experience.
At The Matrona we understand that most women just need a strong women to be the voice of reassurance as she climbs the mountain to meet her baby.