Women with fear of childbirth might benefit from having a known midwife during labour.

CONCLUSIONS: Although the women in the present study had limited access to a known midwife, the results indicate that having a known midwife whom the women met on several occasions made them more satisfied with the counseling and had a positive effect on their fear. Building a trustful midwife-woman relationship rather than counseling per se could be the key issue when it comes to fear of birth. PMID: 29773474 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Women Birth - Category: Midwifery Authors: Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research