birth planning
Family size decisions
Birth planning is preparing for childbirth by making decisions about labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum care.
A birth plan typically specifies preferences for pain management, medical interventions, and who will be present: Their birth planning included hiring a doula and arranging a home birth.
The term occasionally appears as a euphemism for family planning or contraception.
- pregnancy testTool confirming conception
- prenatal vitaminsNutrients for expectant mothers
- fertility awarenessTracking reproductive cycles
- reproductive healthMedical care for procreation
- vasectomyMale sterilization surgery
genetic counseling · prenatal care · prenatal yoga · lamaze class · due date · baby shower · maternity leave · hospital bag · lactation support · epidural anesthesia · blood tests · fetal monitoring · labor induction · midwife · IUD · cesarean section · emergency contraception · emergency contraception
- maternal healthmaternal health, maternal care, maternal mortality, maternal support, maternal wellness
- Prenatal Educationprenatal education, prenatal classes, prenatal class, childbirth classes, childbirth education
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- prenatal careprenatal vitamins, prenatal care, prenatal checkups, fetal ultrasound, prenatal checkup
- natalitybirthrate, fertility rate, natality, replacement rate, fertility decline
birth planningunplanned pregnancy
Conception occurring without intention
unintended pregnancy · surprise pregnancy · unprotected sex · carelessness
birth planningcontraception
Pregnancy prevention measures
birth control · pregnancy prevention · abortion · sterilization · abstinence
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