Lamaze
Expectant parents' course
Lamaze is a method of childbirth preparation emphasizing breathing techniques, relaxation, and partner support to manage labor pain without heavy medication.
Named after French obstetrician Fernand Lamaze, it became popular in the mid-20th century as an alternative to heavily medicated hospital births: We're taking Lamaze classes before the baby comes.
Shortened word forms
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- birth planPrenatal care document
- coachOne who instructs
partner · classes · education · technique · pushing · stages · transition · dilation
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- deepFar from surface
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
focus · diaphragm · control · technique · panting · cleansing breath · paced · slow
Free from agitation
- focusConcentrated attention point
- meditationFocused attention practice
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- massageSoft tissue manipulation
effleurage · touch · tension release · progressive relaxation · soothing · environment · music · warm compress
Instructional sessions or groupings
- educationSystematic development of mind
- preparationArranging things in advance
- antenatalBefore birth
- prenatal careMedical oversight for expectant mothers
instructor · curriculum · practice · informed consent · evidence-based · decision-making · hospital tour · breastfeeding
contractions
Shortened word forms
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- birth planPrenatal care document
coach · partner · classes · education · technique · pushing · stages · transition · dilation · effacement
inhale
Draw air in
pattern · focus · diaphragm · control · technique · panting · cleansing breath · paced · slow · relaxation response
calm
Free from agitation
- focusConcentrated attention point
- meditationFocused attention practice
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
massage · effleurage · touch · tension release · progressive relaxation · soothing · environment · music · warm compress · hydrotherapy
classes
Instructional sessions or groupings
- educationSystematic development of mind
- preparationArranging things in advance
- antenatalBefore birth
prenatal care · instructor · curriculum · practice · informed consent · evidence-based · decision-making · hospital tour · breastfeeding · newborn care
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- perinatal careprenatal care, postnatal care, newborn care, maternity care, neonatal care
- prenatal classeschildbirth classes, prenatal yoga, breastfeeding classes, breathing exercises, pain management
- motherhoodmother, mom, mama, mum, mommy
Lamazeepidural
Spinal numbing injection
epidural anesthesia · spinal block · general anesthesia · twilight sleep · local anesthesia
- lamaze classPrenatal education for delivery
- lamaze classesPrenatal labor preparation course
- lamaze breathingPatterned exhalations for delivery