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BIRTHING COACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birthing coach mean?
• BIRTHING COACH (noun)
The noun BIRTHING COACH has 1 sense:
1. an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
Familiarity information: BIRTHING COACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
birthing coach; doula; labor coach; monitrice
Hypernyms ("birthing coach" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
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