The Maternity Health Nursing Section organized a workshop entitled "A New View of Labor: How Our Mindset & Support in Labor Changes the Outcomes” to demonstrate the importance of providing physical and emotional support to a pregnant woman and her family during labor. The lecturer, Mrs.Katharine Bachelor, a professionally trained doula, presented some techniques to assist pregnant woman to adapt with contractions during labor, such as: effective breathing, staying active during labor, frequent changes in posture and trying different positions, use of visualization, providing massage and the presence of supportive individual for woman. By using mentioned technologies which considered as non-pharmacologic interventions, laboring women can overcome labor pain and progress more quickly and easily during labor while avoiding the risks that pregnant woman and newborn may be exposed to during labor.
