Gordon Ramsay wasn’t there for the birth of his four eldest children, says wife

“It’s very controversial, but I thought it was good,” Tana told Fletcher on the podcast. “He would have gotten shaky and probably passed out and all the attention would have been on him, and this is my moment.”

The TV broadcaster and cookbook author said she was glad she had this discussion with her husband.

“It never bothered me and I felt quite happy when I talked about it,” she said. “He said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, “If you don’t want to be there, then don’t.”

However, Gordon was there when she gave birth to their two younger children.

“I don’t know what changed; it’s just that he wanted to be there. I felt like it would be nice,” Tana said. “I think it was after what we went through losing Rocky, our little boy.”

The couple, who have been married since 1996, have six children together: Megan, Holly, Jack, Tilly, Oscar and Jesse, who was born in 2023. In 2016, Tana miscarried a son, whom the couple named Rocky.

Whether spouses are present in the delivery room during labor and birth varies based on personal preference. Sometimes the main support person in labor can be a female relative, a friend or even a doula.

The length of labor also varies from person to person, and your primary labor support person should know what to expect.

Some ways a primary labor support person can help include being an advocate for the patient, helping them weigh their medical options and offering words of encouragement during the birth process, according to the parenting resource platform BabyCenter.

A representative for Ramsays did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.