NATURAL CHILDBIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does natural childbirth mean? 

• NATURAL CHILDBIRTH (noun)
  The noun NATURAL CHILDBIRTH has 1 sense:

1. labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process

  Familiarity information: NATURAL CHILDBIRTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURAL CHILDBIRTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

natural childbirth is considered the safest for the baby

Hypernyms ("natural childbirth" is a kind of...):

accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural childbirth"):

Bradley method; Bradley method of childbirth (a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father))

Lamaze method; Lamaze method of childbirth (a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing)

Leboyer method; Leboyer method of childbirth (a method of childbirth that tries to minimize the trauma for the newborn; delivery occurs in a quiet dimly lit room and the infant's head is not pulled and immediate bonding between mother and child is encouraged)

Read method; Read method of childbirth (a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises)