Hi and welcome!
How exciting...your upcoming 1st litter! You are right, we all do have to start out as novices; no reason to put anyone down. I am right there with you with only one litter so far at my house. We won't be having another for about a year, so I'll probably be a "novice" all over again by that time. LOL I read anything and everything I could get my hands on about breeding, mating, and whelping yorkie litters, and somewhere in all of that I thankfully found Yorkie Talk too.
I agree whole-heartedly to be hands on in assisting with the whelping. With my one litter (so far) I was right there by Lexie's side the entire time....got the sack of each pups face and I held the umbilical cord between my fingers until I was able to sever it myself. I was very paranoid about her chewing it too close to have her do it herself. Even after the pup was free, I watched carefully whenever mom would lick the pup near that area to be sure she didn't chew it anymore.
I will be watching this thread closely for any news on your impending whelping debut. If there is anything I can do to help, just let me know.
Good luck!