Some Tips On Being A Decent Active Birth Partner

During active labour, your partner will be under a lot of stress and any mechanisms that they were using to cope with the situation before may not be working any more. At this time, she may well want you to be right there beside her the entire process, and as such you should consider some of these tips if you want to be a good active birth partner.

Of course, one of the most important things you to do is to be a very calming presence around her. It is no good running around like a headless chicken yourself, and you need to be very calm so that it can reflect on to her.

It is crucial that you are not asking questions about what is going on all of the time. Make sure that you are completely understanding, and that you do not query question her, particular during any sort of contraction. During this time she will need all of the concentration she can muster, and so your presence should simply be enough.

Make sure that you do not allow anyone else to come into the room who your partner does not want to be there. If there are any specific family and friends waiting outside, keep them out there unless your partner specifically asks for them to come in. She will need to feel safe in the environment she is in, and therefore you need to do everything you can to make that environment as safe as possible.

Simply act as her servant for the duration of the birth. Do anything that she wants done to make her feel more comfortable and to make the process go as smoothly as possible. If she wants a massage, then do it. If she wants you to run off and get her some food or drink, then go and do it. Essentially, act as her servant and try to make her as comfortable as possible.

All in all, if you follow some of these tips you should make a decent active birth partner.