childbirth
Bringing baby forth
Childbirth is the process of delivering a baby from the womb, also called labor or delivery.
The word emphasizes the physical event rather than the broader experience of becoming a parent: She died in childbirth.
Natural childbirth typically means vaginal delivery without anesthesia or medical intervention.
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- C-sectionSurgical childbirth method
epidural · forceps · episiotomy · perineum · breech · stirrups · VBAC · vertex
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- pushingApplying force to move
- transitionChange from one state
crowning · cervix · oxytocin · induction · Lamaze · station · engaged · lightening
Formation of an idea
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- embryoOrganism before birth
- fetusGestating offspring
prenatal · antenatal · ultrasound · expecting · maternal · cravings · hormones · amniocentesis
Expelled fetal membranes
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- meconiumFetal intestinal accumulation discharged postpartum
- vernixProtective fetal skin coating
fontanelle · swaddling · bonding · latching · footprints · wristband · incubator · NICU
Bodily or emotional distress
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
excruciating · grueling · screaming · relief · euphoria · primal · transformative · empowering
Regaining what was lost
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- stitchesThread fastening wounds
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- lactationMammary gland secretion
engorgement · bonding · healing · nursing · pumping · involution
midwife
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
C-section · epidural · forceps · episiotomy · perineum · breech · stirrups · VBAC · vertex · presenting
contractions
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- pushingApplying force to move
transition · crowning · cervix · oxytocin · induction · Lamaze · station · engaged · lightening
conception
Formation of an idea
fetus · prenatal · antenatal · ultrasound · expecting · maternal · cravings · hormones · amniocentesis · quickening
afterbirth
Expelled fetal membranes
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- meconiumFetal intestinal accumulation discharged postpartum
vernix · fontanelle · swaddling · bonding · latching · footprints · wristband · incubator · NICU · jaundice
pain
Bodily or emotional distress
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
overwhelming · excruciating · grueling · screaming · relief · euphoria · primal · transformative · empowering · vulnerability
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- stitchesThread fastening wounds
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
lactation · engorgement · bonding · healing · nursing · pumping · involution
- drainingmarathon, manual labor, double shift, night shift, boot camp
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, male infertility, fertility rates, ob-gyn
- maternal healthmaternal health, maternal care, maternal mortality, maternal support, maternal wellness
- perinatal careprenatal care, postnatal care, newborn care, maternity care, neonatal care
- historical obstetricsmidwife, midwifery, midwives, obstetrics, labor
childbirthdeath
Cessation of life
dying · mortality · passing · expiration · demise
childbirthconception
Formation of an idea
fertilization · implantation · insemination · coitus · sexual intercourse
childbirthabortion
Ending a pregnancy
miscarriage · pregnancy termination · stillbirth · termination · pregnancy loss
- natural childbirthDelivery without medical intervention
- childbirth classesCourses preparing for delivery
- childbirth classEducational preparation for labor
child, birth, children, childish, childhood, birthing, childlike, childless, childbearing