accouchement
Delivery of baby
Accouchement is a formal or literary term for childbirth—the process of giving birth.
The word is French and appears mainly in medical or historical contexts: The physician attended three accouchements that week.
It sounds old-fashioned in modern English, where delivery or simply birth predominates.
Childbirth assistance professional
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
episiotomy · crowning · placenta · afterbirth · clamping · newborn · breech · vertex
State of being restricted
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
bonding · infant · neonate · nursing · engorgement · afterpains
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- cervixUterine opening to vagina
- transitionChange from one state
crowning · pushing · oxytocin · induction · epidural · Lamaze · perineum · station
midwife
Childbirth assistance professional
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
cesarean · episiotomy · crowning · placenta · afterbirth · clamping · newborn · breech · vertex
confinement
State of being restricted
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
colostrum · bonding · infant · neonate · nursing · engorgement · afterpains
contractions
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- cervixUterine opening to vagina
transition · crowning · pushing · oxytocin · induction · epidural · Lamaze · perineum · station · presenting
obstetrics
Childbirth medicine branch
perinatal · natal · maternal · gestation · trimester · gravida · fetus · ultrasound · amniocentesis · placenta
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
accouchementconception
Formation of an idea
fertilization · impregnation · insemination · contraception · abortion