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NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process
Example:
natural childbirth is considered the safest for the baby
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("natural childbirth" is a kind of...):
accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural childbirth"):
Bradley method; Bradley method of childbirth (a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father))
Lamaze method; Lamaze method of childbirth (a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing)
Leboyer method; Leboyer method of childbirth (a method of childbirth that tries to minimize the trauma for the newborn; delivery occurs in a quiet dimly lit room and the infant's head is not pulled and immediate bonding between mother and child is encouraged)
Read method; Read method of childbirth (a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises)
