Simulation has played a critical role in medicine for decades as a pedagogical and assessment tool. The labor and delivery unit provides an ideal setting for the use of simulation technology. Prior reviews of this topic have focused on simulation for individual and team training and assessment. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity for educators and leaders in obstetric anesthesiology to rapidly train health care providers and develop new protocols for patient care with simulation. This review surveys new developments in simulation for obstetric anesthesiology with an emphasis on simulation use during the COVID-19 pandemic.