Implications for Practice
From a mental health perspective, it is essential to understand the importance of emotional well-being in the transition to parenthood.A birthing room designed with person-centered considerations, where women and companions can adapt features and functions in the room in accordance with personal needs and requirements, positively impacts women’s birth experiences 3 and 12 months after birth.When striving to optimize care during labor and birth, both the physical and the psychosocial environment need to be improved.To value emotions, birth physiology and person-centered perspectives in labor ward design may be one strategy to help reverse the rising trend of medical interventions in labor that is observed in many hospital settings.