Childbirth
21Childbirth Connection — Childbirth Connection, formerly known as the Maternity Center Association, is an American national nonprofit organization that works to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy, and policy. Childbirth Connection …
22Childbirth and obstetrics in antiquity — Traditionally obstetrics is defined as the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, although in Antiquity surgical intervention did not exist. Without the presence of… …
23Childbirth positions — The term childbirth positions (or maternal birthing position )[1] refers to the various physical postures the pregnant mother may assume during the process of childbirth. They may also be referred to as delivery positions or labor positions. In… …
24Childbirth fever — Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbed fever or puerperal fever. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes puerperal sepsis. In Latin a puerpera is a woman in… …
25childbirth — noun Date: 15th century parturition …
26childbirth — noun The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy. Ant: death See Also: birth …
27childbirth — The process of labor and delivery in the birth of a child. SEE ALSO: birth, accouchement. SYN: parturition. * * * child·birth chīl(d) .bərth n PARTURITION * * * …
28childbirth — n. act of giving birth to a child …
29childbirth — noun the action of giving birth to a child …
30childbirth — n. Parturition, delivery, travail, labor, childbed, child bearing …
