From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-539772-705080
Of all cheese customs, one of the more unusual was that of the "groaning cheese." Years ago in Europe, a prospective father would nibble on a huge chunk of cheese while awaiting the home birth of his child. Instead of pacing outside the bedroom door, the father would eat from the center of the cheese until a large hole had been gnawed out. Later, his newborn infant was ceremoniously passed through the hole.
This news arrived on: 05/02/2009