VAGINAL BIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaginal birth mean? 

• VAGINAL BIRTH (noun)
  The noun VAGINAL BIRTH has 1 sense:

1. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

  Familiarity information: VAGINAL BIRTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAGINAL BIRTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth

Hypernyms ("vaginal birth" is a kind of...):

birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)

Meronyms (parts of "vaginal birth"):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vaginal birth"):

active birth (childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant)

alternative birth; alternative birthing (a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings)

natural childbirth (labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process)

 Context examples 

Surgery is performed when there may be complications associated with a vaginal birth and increased risk to the mother or fetus.

(Cesarian Section, NCI Thesaurus)

However, more than half of women who have a C-section can give vaginal birth later.

(Cesarean Section, NIH)

This could cause problems with an attempted vaginal birth later.

(Cesarean Section, NIH)

It also takes longer to recover from a C-section than from vaginal birth.

(Cesarean Section, NIH)