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🧑‍🦱 A surname 🤰 Childbirth method 🧑‍🏫 To teach childbirth
to Lamaze

to Lamaze

8.2
To teach parents breathing and relaxation techniques for childbirth
  • verb
  • /ləˈmɑːz/
translation icon : enseñar el método Lamaze
  • During the session, the instructor taught us how to lamaze effectively for childbirth.

Examples

  • She attended a class to lamaze properly for her upcoming childbirth.

  • School, practice, work, and lamaze class?

    Sugar & Spice (2001)

  • You got to do the Lamaze breathing.

  • It's because I need to do Lamaze breathing in the bathroom, be like, OK, I'm OK, you know, smile and I can get back out there.

  • It's because I need to do Lamaze breathing in the bathroom, be like, OK, I'm OK, you know, smile and I can get back out there.

  • They practiced lamaze techniques together to prepare for the labor experience.

Compounds

Lamaze method
5.5

A way to prepare for childbirth using breathing, relaxation, and focus techniques

Surface Forms

Lamaze infinitive
Lamazed past
Lamazed past participle
Lamazing present participle
Lamazes third person singular

Etymology

Lamaze (used as a verb) comes from the same name, because Dr. Fernand Lamaze taught people how to breathe and relax for birth. So to Lamaze someone is to teach them those 'breathing and relaxation' techniques for labor.