Free Content Step 1: Offers All Birthing Mothers Unrestricted Access to Birth Companions, Labor Support, Professional Midwifery Care

Authors: Leslie, Mayri Sagady; Storton, Sharon

Source: Journal of Perinatal Education, Volume 16, Supplement 1, Winter 2007 , pp. 10-19(10)

Publisher: Lamaze International

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Abstract:

The first step of the Ten Steps of Mother-Friendly Care insures that women have access to a wide variety of support in labor and during the pregnancy and postpartum periods: unrestricted access to birth companions of their choice, including family and friends; unrestricted access to continuous emotional and physical support from a skilled woman such as a doula; and access to midwifery care. The rationales for the importance of each factor and the evidence to support those rationales are presented.

Keywords: labor support; doula; midwifery care; nurse-midwives; childbirth satisfaction; maternal satisfaction

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1624/105812407X173137

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