The most recent update to The Cochrane Database
of Systematic Reviews on “Continuous Support for Women in
Childbirth” is now available for free download at the website
of Childbirth Connections. The review summarizes results of 16 randomized
controlled trials with over 13,000 women, and its main objective
was to assess the effects of continuous one-to-one support during
labor on mothers and their babies. Among the findings: Compared
to women to did not receive this type of support, women who received
continuous one-to-one care were less likely to give birth by cesarean,
give birth with vacuum extraction or forceps, have any analgesia/anesthesia
(including regional) and to report a negative labor and birth experience.
For more details or to download the report, go here.
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