Early Labor Support: A Scoping Review Guided by Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings

This paper reports the results of a Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB) guided scoping review of literature designed to extend knowledge regarding the needs of first-time birthing couples to remain at home safely in early labor and to determine gaps in knowledge to better serve and support first-time birthing couples. The Rogerian concept well-becoming describes a birthing couples' knowing participation in the manifestations of evolving pattern. The dimensions of wellbecoming are wanting to know, feelings of anxiety and uncertainty, respect for autonomy, and desiring safety and security and comprise a preliminary situation-specific theory of wellbecoming for first time birthing couples experiencing early labor.