childbed
Labor and delivery
Childbed is an old-fashioned term for the condition of a woman giving birth or having just given birth: She died in childbed.
The word survives mainly in childbed fever, the historical name for puerperal fever—a bacterial infection that killed many women before antiseptic practices became standard.
Childbirth assistance professional
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
induction · episiotomy · breech · stirrups · speculum
Childbirth recuperation period
- confinementState of being restricted
- afterpainsUterine contractions post-delivery
- involutionInward-turning process
- postnatalAfter childbirth
Cessation of activity
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- crowningInstalling as monarch
parturition · pushing · transition · effacement · presentation · engagement · station
Lactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
- mastitisMammary gland infection
Profuse discharge of blood
- preeclampsiaPregnancy-induced hypertensive disorder
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- eclampsiaPregnancy-induced seizure disorder
midwife
Childbirth assistance professional
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
forceps · induction · episiotomy · breech · stirrups · speculum
lying-in
Childbirth recuperation period
- confinementState of being restricted
- afterpainsUterine contractions post-delivery
- involutionInward-turning process
postnatal · perineal · bleeding · cramping · stitches · healing
rest
Cessation of activity
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
crowning · parturition · pushing · transition · effacement · presentation · engagement · station
breastfeeding
Lactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
hemorrhage
Profuse discharge of blood
- preeclampsiaPregnancy-induced hypertensive disorder
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
childbeddeathbed
Dying person's resting place
death · dying · passing · grave · death throes
childbedbarrenness
Inability to bear fruit
sterility · infertility · childlessness · menopause · virginity
- natural childbirthDelivery without medical intervention
- childbirth classesCourses preparing for delivery
- childbirth classEducational preparation for labor