Childbirth

  • 61natural childbirth — noun Date: 1933 a system of managing childbirth in which the mother receives preparatory education in order to remain conscious during and assist in delivery with minimal or no use of drugs or anesthetics …

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  • 62Contraction (childbirth) — In medicine (obstetrics), a contraction is a forceful and painful motion of the uterus as part of the process of childbirth. Contractions, and labour in general, is one condition that releases the hormone oxytocin into the body.Prior to actual… …

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  • 63The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood — The Guy’s Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood is a parenting book written by Michael R. Crider.It was released in 2005 and sold out of its first printing in only a month.Fact|date=February 2007 It has… …

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  • 64natural childbirth — n [U] a method of giving birth to a baby in which a woman chooses not to be given drugs to reduce the pain …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65natural childbirth — noun uncount a method of having a baby using exercises rather than drugs to deal with the pain …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 66natural childbirth — N UNCOUNT If a woman gives birth by natural childbirth, she is not given any drugs to relieve her pain or to send her to sleep …

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  • 67natural childbirth — nat′ural child′birth n. med pat childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia, involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process • Etymology: 1930–35 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 68natural childbirth — /nætʃrəl ˈtʃaɪldbɜθ/ (say nachruhl chuyldberth) noun childbirth without the use of anaesthetics or surgical intervention, usually involving prenatal education of the mother, as with breathing exercises, psychological conditioning, etc …

  • 69Роды (Birth, Childbirth, Delivery, Labour) — процесс рождения ребенка, при котором ребенок и окружающий его послед (плацента) выходят из матки. Обычно роды начинаются у женщины самостоятельно примерно через 280 дней после момента оплодотворения, однако они могут быть вызваны и раньше с… …

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  • 70National Childbirth Trust — (abbr the NCT) a British organization that aims to teach people about the process of having babies and about looking after them. People who are having their first child can go to NCT classes, often in the teacher’s home. A woman may learn, for… …

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