birthing tub
Aquatic delivery vessel
A birthing tub is a large, deep tub filled with warm water, used during labor and sometimes delivery.
Water birth advocates claim the buoyancy eases pain and creates a gentler transition for the newborn.
Birthing tubs may be portable inflatable pools or permanent fixtures in hospitals and birthing centers: The midwife prepared the birthing tub as contractions intensified.
- waterClear essential liquid
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- contractionsShortened word forms
- labor supportAssistance during childbirth
warm · warm water · delivery · homebirth · soak · inflatable · pushing · natural · doula · due date · relaxation · immersion · newborn · pain · pain relief · floating · hospital · cervix
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- obstetric equipmentfetal monitor, obstetric forceps, birthing chair, birthing stool, fetoscope
- birthing equipmentbirthing chair, birthing stool, birthing pool, birthing ball, stirrups
life transition
birthing tubcoffin
Burial container for remains
casket · cremation urn · funeral pyre · deathbed · grave