birthing ball
Pregnancy exercise orb
A birthing ball is a large inflatable rubber ball used during pregnancy and labor.
Pregnant women sit or lean on it to relieve back pain, encourage optimal fetal positioning, and ease contractions.
The same object sold for exercise is called an exercise ball or stability ball—the name changes with the context of use.
Before birth
- maternityState of being pregnant
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- antenatalBefore birth
expecting · pelvic floor · hip opener · nesting · third trimester · due date · nursery
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- pushingApplying force to move
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- delivery roomHospital room for childbirth
midwife · epidural · cervix · effacement · fetal monitor · water break · induction · oxytocin
Resistance to displacement
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- coreCentral essential portion
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- postureBody position, alignment
flexibility · pilates · yoga · physiotherapy · rehabilitation · toning · pelvic tilts · bouncing
To uphold or sustain
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
- relaxationState of being unwound
- pressure reliefReducing accumulated stress
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
soothing · pliability · sitting · bouncing · swaying · inflation · round · vinyl
prenatal
Before birth
antenatal · expecting · pelvic floor · hip opener · nesting · third trimester · due date · nursery
contractions
Shortened word forms
delivery room · midwife · epidural · cervix · effacement · fetal monitor · water break · induction · oxytocin · perineum
stability
Resistance to displacement
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- coreCentral essential portion
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
posture · flexibility · pilates · yoga · physiotherapy · rehabilitation · toning · pelvic tilts · bouncing · seated exercises
support
To uphold or sustain
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
- relaxationState of being unwound
- pressure reliefReducing accumulated stress
softness · soothing · pliability · sitting · bouncing · swaying · inflation · round · vinyl · grip
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- delivery roomfetal monitor, stirrups, bassinet, warmer, Doppler
- obstetric equipmentfetal monitor, obstetric forceps, fetoscope, baby warmer, contraction timer
- birthing equipmentstirrups, baby warmer
birthing ballexercise ball
Inflated sphere for workouts
yoga ball · stability ball · IUD · medicine ball · basketball
birth, birthing, births, birthed, birthplace, birthday, birthright, birthmark, rebirth