When caring for a lady in labour who has previous obstetric history of maybe a difficult delivery or neo natal death for example, how do/would you cope with the extra pressure this must bring to the delivery?

I have been wondering about this since I witnessed a delivery a week or so ago, I don't want to go into details here due to patient confidentiality, but the lady had a very sad obstetric history, and her and her partner were very anxious about this baby which is quite understandable.
But I am sure it must put the midwife under more pressure in these kind of circumstances, but it wasn't apparent from the way my mentor conducted the delivery.

Is this something you learn to do, or does it come naturally with experience?

I do intend on asking my mentor this question when I get chance, but just wanted to know what others think about it too?

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