In developing countries the majority of women deliver their babies without skilled assistance, helped only by untrained traditional birth attendants or family members. A trained attendant present during childbirth can mean the difference between life and death. Men can help by arranging for a trained attendant to be available for the delivery and by paying for the services. They also can arrange ahead of time for transportation and can buy supplies, if necessary. Avoiding delays in seeking care.
Men are often the ones who decide when a woman's condition is serious enough to seek medical care.
They also decide how a woman will be transported to the clinic. Men can avoid delays by learning the symptoms of imminent delivery and of delivery complications. Helping after the baby is born. To prevent deaths, men can learn about potential postpartum complications and be ready to seek help if they occur. Men also can make sure that women get good nutrition.