
Natural childbirth is a philosophy of childbirth that is based on the belief that women who are adequately prepared are innately able to give birth without routine medical interventions. Natural childbirth arose in opposition to the techno-medical model of childbirth that has recently gained popularity in industrialized societies, and is a childbi...
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(from the article `natural childbirth`) ...of the systems of managing parturition in which the need for anesthesia, sedation, or surgery is largely eliminated by physical and psychological ...
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any of the systems of managing parturition in which the need for anesthesia, sedation, or surgery is largely eliminated by physical and ... [2 related articles]
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The process of giving birth without anaesthesia or medication to relieve pain.
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A general term for a labour and delivery which is free of medical intervention.
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Psychophysical relaxation techniques that are used to facilitate childbirth. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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A term used to describe a labor
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Giving birth without medical intervention, such as pain relief medications. The laboring mother is capable of managing her labor and delivery with breathing exercises, massage therapy, position changes, music and guided imagery. Many women that succeed at natural childbirth have participated in prepared childbirth classes during the prenatal perio....
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[
n] - labor and childbirth without medical intervention
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a technique of giving birth that stresses relaxation techniques so that the use of pain-relieving drugs can be minimised; also called prepared childbirth
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noun labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process; `natural childbirth is considered the safest for the baby`
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Labor and delivery in which no medication is used, and the mother remains awake to help deliver the baby. The woman may or may not have taken classes to prepare her for labor and delivery.
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Generally refers to childbirth without pain relief (anaesthesia or analgesia); may alternatively be used to indicate a vaginal delivery rather than a caesarean birth.
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Labor and delivery in which no medication is used, and the mother remains awake to help deliver the baby. The woman may or may not have taken classes to prepare her for labor and delivery.
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childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia and usually involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process. Cf.
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A term used to describe a labor and delivery without medication and/or medical intervention.
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