Tana Ramsay has spoken about the controversial reason behind the absence of husband Gordon from the birth of their first four kids.

When you’re giving birth, you’d probably expect your partner to be by your side while you’re pushing a literal human out of you, but that’s not the case for the Ramsays.

In fact, they initially decided that chef Gordon, 57, wouldn’t attend any of the births of their children.

Though Tana, 50, revealed that it wasn’t because he was starring on one of his many TV shows or that he was overseas and couldn’t travel back in time.

Speaking on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast hosted by Giovanna Fletcher, the author explained that his absence was planned, as she candidly opened up on her IVF journey, her birth experiences and their family dynamic.

Tana also spoke about having polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), revealing that it’s hard to say she’s a ‘mother-of-six’ after the tragic passing of her son Rocky shortly after birth in 2016.

Gordon and Tana are also parents to Megan, 26, twins Jack and Holly, 24, Tilly, 22, Oscar, five and nine-month-old Jesse, with the dad attending the births of the latter two due to complications that Tana faced in the past.

The couple decided together that Gordon wouldn’t be at the births of their first four children (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for HUGO BOSS)

Tana and Giovanna spoke about the ‘controversial’ reasoning behind his absence, with Tana explaining: “It is very controversial but it just felt right.”

The 50-year-old also joked that her husband may have been a distraction, but not because of his celebrity status, joking: “He probably would have gone all squeamish and fainted and I would’ve been like, ‘Sorry, this is my moment.'”

Years on from the couple’s first four births, Tana said that the decision ‘never really bothered’ her, explaining: “I actually felt quite happy when we talked about it, I said, ‘Listen, if you don’t want to be in there then don’t.'”

So, who was in the delivery room with her then?

It turns out that her mother was her birthing partner for the first four births, though this changed by the time the couple went for a second round of kids as Tilly reached sixth form, when Gordon took a hands-on approach.

Tana said it ‘just felt right’ (Instagram)

Speaking about Gordon being there for the births, she said: “I think he wanted to be there and I thought it was nice.”

“I think it was after what we went through with losing Rocky, our little boy,” Tana admitted.

The ‘traumatic’ early birth happened when she was just 19 weeks along, while experiencing bleeding just nine weeks into the pregnancy.

“Gordon looked at me and said, ‘I’m not going anywhere, I’m staying in for this,'” she said.

After suffering numerous miscarriages, Tana managed to give birth to sons Oscar and Jesse, who, like the late Rocky, were conceived through IVF.

Both Tana and Gordon admitted that they are done having kids, with the former saying that their family is now ‘complete’.

I say this in the nicest possible way, when you woke up this morning your breath probably stunk.

It’s not really your fault, it’s something that happens to basically everybody though there are a few things you can do to take the edge off the effects.

Breathing through your nose and sleeping with your mouth shut helps, as does keeping a good level of oral hygiene.

A big part of smelly morning breath is the dryness, dehydration and lack of saliva in your mouth, so the right diet, hygiene and hydration will all help.

That routine of keeping your mouth clean involves brushing, flossing and washing, and you’ll want to swill out your mouth with the right mouthwash.

People who’ve tried it say it works well against bad breath, and they like how the blue one tastes. (Instagram/@therabreath)

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For that you might want to grab yourself a bottle of The Breath Co’s Oral Rinse mouthwash, which they say will keep your mouth safe against bad breath for 12 hours, so if you’re going to bed then a capful of this stuff just before you lay your head down on the pillow should do the trick.

They recommend that you swill one capful of the mouthwash round for a minute, and then gargle a fresh capful of the stuff for 30 seconds.

Currently available on Amazon for a limited time deal of £4.99 a bottle, this stuff was created by Dr Harold Katz to treat his daughter’s bad breath and the company claims it ‘seems like a miracle’.

The reviews for this stuff make it sound pretty good, with people who’ve tried it saying they’ve found it to be ‘the best mouthwash for nasty morning breath’.

Someone else who said they’d suffered from halitosis called it a ‘breath of fresh air’, if you’ll pardon them for their pun.

One reviewer who said they’d been gargling it for over a year now said they liked how it was alcohol-free and didn’t dry out their mouth.

Another said that it ‘does not leave a sugary aftertaste and does not burn’, which is nice.

If you’re wondering about taste then a few reviewers have said they prefer the blue one over the green one, the blue one seems to be stronger, but your personal preferences might vary.

Naturally you won’t want to be chasing your mouthwash with a midnight snack, so don’t go eating right after you’ve used it.

Some dentists also say you shouldn’t be using mouthwash right after you brush your teeth because you don’t want to wash away the fluoride residue.

Here’s hoping you wake up to mornings of minty fresh mouths and not a malodorous musk.