The study says that holding your partner by hand during childbirth alleviates pain

If you're asking what you can do for your partner when they're in painful pain during the birth process, just holding hands can be enough, the new research shows.

The known demand to reach a hand when we're being damaged, or the desire to hold on when we're sick now has a biological explanation.

A University of Colorado study found that a partner's mild touch can communicate sensitivity and reduce pain.

Women reported a mild experience of pain from heat experiments when their male partners were in the room holding their hands at that time.