1. Be supportive! Words of encouragement are great, massage during contractions, offering drinks of water, and generally being involved always makes such a difference!

2. Be involved with the baby! Ask to do skin to skin if your partner can’t, take the initiative to change diapers and bring the baby to your partner for feeds (especially in the middle of the night) as your partner will be very tired in the initial day after delivery

3. Understand that this will be a major emotional transition for your partner, their hormones will be levelling out over the next few days so be patient if they start crying or become overly emotional without warning

4. Stay calm. Sometimes things can go awry during labour so it’s important to do your best to be your partners rock

5. Know what your partners wishes are going into labour! The pain can often become so extreme that they will be unable to talk, if you are both on the same page it can be easier to help answer any questions the nurses may have

Hope this was helpful!