It is well-documented, that components of labor support such as human presence, psychological support and physical touch facilitate endogenous release of the anti-stress hormone oxytocin, and that oxytocin counteracts anxiety, fear, the experience of pain and decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol (Uvnas-Moberg et al., 2019; Olza et al., 2020). Here, OXT is linked to Anxiety.