What I did with my queens is sit right there and watch. When she started having contractions for the next one, I gently took out what kittens she had and kept them in a soft bed in my lap and kept them quiet. That way mom could concentrate on the birth of the next without having the others in the way.
If she was too anxious, I'd put the babies back, but she seemed gratful for the babysitting time. After she cleaned up the kitten, then I'd put all of them back with her.
Yay!!! How is everyone? Any progress? I did what Goldenkitty did, too... and Sneakers didn't mind at all. All her kittens had huge heads, so they all needed help being pulled out... and since we were at a vet's office for the first two, they went ahead and removed the sac, cut the cord, and stimulated them to breathe for us. I only did that for one because it came right after the one before it and Sneakers wasn't tending to it.
She got a hang of the whole mothering thing a little late... now she's more nervous when we handle the kittens, but she still lets us do what we need to do.