water birth
Tub labor option
Water birth is childbirth in which the mother spends labor or delivery partially submerged in warm water, typically in a specially designed tub.
Proponents claim the water eases pain and creates a gentler transition for the newborn.
She's planning a water birth at the birthing center.
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- partnerOne who shares activity
- attendantOne who assists others
- coachingGuiding others to improve
encouragement · guidance · presence · hands-off · monitoring · reassurance · expertise · continuity
Childbirth at residence
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- newbornInfant just delivered
placenta · umbilical · amniotic · unmedicated · physiological · instinctive · spontaneous · primal
Reducing distress or discomfort
- warmthHeat you feel
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- immersionState of being submerged
- hydrotherapyWater-based medical treatment
ease · comfort · softness · nurturing · supportive · tenderness · cushioned · weightlessness
A joining or relation
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- partnerOne who shares activity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
closeness · family · love · trust · privacy · attachment · togetherness · affection
Independent decision-making capacity
- choiceAct of selecting
- controlAuthority to direct
- agencyPower to act
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
informed · decision-making · advocacy · consent · assertiveness · self-efficacy · confidence · rights
midwife
Childbirth assistance professional
coaching · encouragement · guidance · presence · hands-off · monitoring · reassurance · expertise · continuity · advocacy
homebirth
Childbirth at residence
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
newborn · placenta · umbilical · amniotic · unmedicated · physiological · instinctive · spontaneous · primal · mammalian
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
hydrotherapy · ease · comfort · softness · nurturing · supportive · tenderness · cushioned · weightlessness · floating
connection
A joining or relation
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- partnerOne who shares activity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
touch · closeness · family · love · trust · privacy · attachment · togetherness · affection · embrace
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
self-determination · informed · decision-making · advocacy · consent · assertiveness · self-efficacy · confidence · rights · voice
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- birthstillbirth, cesarean, c-section, birthplace, birthday
- maternity careantenatal care, maternity care, prenatal screening, midwifery, midwives
- Prenatal Educationprenatal education, prenatal classes, prenatal class, birthing class, lamaze classes
- motherhoodmother, mom, mama, mum, mommy
water birthC-section
Surgical childbirth method
cesarean section · cesarean delivery · forceps delivery · vacuum extraction · hospital birth
water, birth, rebirth, childbirth, waterway, birthright, waterproof, watershed, waterside