birthing chair
Labor support furniture
A birthing chair is a seat designed to support a woman in an upright or semi-reclined position during labor and delivery.
The design uses gravity to assist childbirth, an approach that predates the modern practice of delivering while lying flat.
Some hospitals and birthing centers offer them as an alternative to standard delivery beds.
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- pushingApplying force to move
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- cervixUterine opening to vagina
effacement · water breaking · transition phase · crowning · squatting position · active labor · labor support · breathing techniques
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
forceps · cesarean · fetal monitor · perineum · placenta · umbilical · maternity ward · epidural
Vertical chair support
- footrestSupport for seated legs
- handholdSomething to grasp
- armrestChair's lateral support
- adjustableAble to be changed
ergonomic · upright · sturdy · cushioning · non-slip · stability · handrails · collapsible
Very old indeed
- midwiferyBirth attendance practice
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- artifactHuman-made historical object
ceremonial · traditional · ethnography · tribal · heritage · medieval · Renaissance · Victorian
contractions
Shortened word forms
cervix · effacement · water breaking · transition phase · crowning · squatting position · active labor · labor support · breathing techniques · kneeling
midwife
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- deliveryConveyance of goods
episiotomy · forceps · cesarean · fetal monitor · perineum · placenta · umbilical · maternity ward · epidural · postpartum
backrest
Vertical chair support
adjustable · ergonomic · upright · sturdy · cushioning · non-slip · stability · handrails · collapsible · padded
ancient
Very old indeed
- midwiferyBirth attendance practice
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
artifact · ceremonial · traditional · ethnography · tribal · heritage · medieval · Renaissance · Victorian · colonial
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- old medicinebloodletting, leeches, leech therapy, leeching, cupping
- historical obstetricsmidwife, midwifery, midwives, childbirth, obstetrics
- obstetric equipmentfetal monitor, obstetric forceps, fetoscope, baby warmer, contraction timer
- birthing equipmentstirrups, baby warmer
- colonial medicinebloodletting, leeches, colonial medicine, cupping, apothecary
birthing chairhospital bed
Clinical sleeping furniture
lithotomy position · lying flat · stirrups · operating table · gurney
birthing chairdeathbed
Dying person's resting place
coffin · casket · hospital bed
birth, birthing, chair, chairs, chaired, chairing, bearing, bearer, reborn