labor coach
Delivery room guide
A labor coach is a person who provides emotional support, physical comfort, and guidance to a woman during childbirth.
The role may be filled by a partner, family member, friend, or trained professional such as a doula.
Labor coaches help with breathing techniques, positioning, and advocacy: Her sister served as her labor coach.
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- birth partnerChildbirth support person
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- deep breathsFull, slow inhalations
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- childbirthcontractions, pushing, dilation, birth, crowning
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Childbirth physician
surgeon · anesthesiologist · OB-GYN · attending physician · hospital staff
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