Having someone continuously with you
One of the few things that reliably changes how a birth is remembered.
Across 26 trials and 15,858 women, continuous one-to-one support reduced cesarean delivery (relative risk 0.75) and reduced the chance of remembering the birth negatively (relative risk 0.69). In an operating room, a second person who can say "she told you she is in pain" changes what happens next.
Where this comes from:
197. Bohren MA, Hofmeyr GJ, Sakala C, Fukuzawa RK, Cuthbert A. Continuous support for women during childbirth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;7:CD003766.
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