birthing pool
Aquatic delivery vessel
A birthing pool is a large tub filled with warm water in which a woman can labor and sometimes deliver a baby.
Water birth advocates claim the warm water eases pain and creates a gentler transition for the newborn.
Birthing pools may be permanent fixtures in birth centers or inflatable units for home use: We set up the birthing pool in the living room.
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- pushingApplying force to move
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- deliveryConveyance of goods
midwife · doula · cervix · effacement · transition · oxytocin · epidural · parturition
Childbirth at residence
- unmedicatedNot taking medicine
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- physiologicalOf body functions
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
hypnobirthing · alternative · family-centered · skin-to-skin
Heat you feel
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- relaxationState of being unwound
- pain reliefEasing of discomfort
- easeLack of strain
gentleness · tranquility · calmness · support · nurturing · serenity · mobility · weightlessness
Fluid's upward resistance
- immersionState of being submerged
- warm waterMildly heated H2O
- floatationCapacity to stay buoyant
- hydrotherapyWater-based medical treatment
water temperature · jets · inflation · drainage · liner · hose · tub · submersion
contractions
Shortened word forms
delivery · midwife · doula · cervix · effacement · transition · oxytocin · epidural · parturition · perineum
homebirth
Childbirth at residence
- unmedicatedNot taking medicine
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- physiologicalOf body functions
instinctive · hypnobirthing · alternative · family-centered · skin-to-skin
warmth
Heat you feel
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- relaxationState of being unwound
- pain reliefEasing of discomfort
ease · gentleness · tranquility · calmness · support · nurturing · serenity · mobility · weightlessness · privacy
buoyancy
Fluid's upward resistance
- immersionState of being submerged
- warm waterMildly heated H2O
- floatationCapacity to stay buoyant
hydrotherapy · water temperature · jets · inflation · drainage · liner · hose · tub · submersion · water depth
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- birth suppliesfetal monitor, Doppler, bulb syringe, receiving blanket, forceps
- obstetric equipmentfetal monitor, obstetric forceps, fetoscope, baby warmer, contraction timer
- birthing equipmentstirrups, baby warmer
- Baby Ritualsnaming ceremony, baby blessing, baby dedication, welcome ceremony, brit milah
birthing poolcoffin
Burial container for remains
casket · deathbed · grave · funeral pyre · cremation urn
birthing pooloperating table
Surgical procedure surface
epidural · cesarean section · forceps · forceps delivery · induced labor
birth, pool, birthday, birthing, birthright, births, birthplace, unbirthday, birthstone