vaginal birth
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈvædʒɪnəl bɜrθ/
- Healthcare providers often recommend vaginal birth for low-risk pregnancies to promote healthier outcomes.
- a successful vaginal birth
- vaginal birth after a previous
- women who have vaginal births
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Watch on YouTubeI have no strong emotional feelings either way about vaginal birth or C-section.
- I have no strong emotional feelings either way about vaginal birth or C-section.
- Are C sections more expensive than natural birth or I guess vaginal birth?
- But also based off what my IBD consultant said, which is that he has no issue with me going for a vaginal birth if that's what I want.
Examples
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Many parents prefer a vaginal birth because it involves a shorter recovery time.
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On a positive note, 98% of women had a normal vaginal birth and 83% had received tetanus toxoid immunization.
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I have no strong emotional feelings either way about vaginal birth or C-section.
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It's one thing if you have an injury or just got out of surgery, but most women are able and want to walk after a normal vaginal birth.
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Vaginal birth is painful, and for many twenty-somethings, it is probably the most painful experience they have had.
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She's more likely to have a safe vaginal birth than a risky cesarean if she delivers at home.
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I knew a vaginal birth could be dangerous after a cesarean, and our family history of childbirth had made me wary.
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But studies have shown that in many cases, not only can women safely give vaginal birth after having had a c-section, but in many cases it's often the safer method, with better outcomes for both mother and baby.
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The risks of vaginal birth after caesarean are low enough that the hospitals I work in actively encourage a trial of labor in otherwise low-risk women, as long as they are monitored and in a tertiary hospital.
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During her last appointment, she expressed her desire for a natural vaginal birth without interventions.
Synonyms
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3.0
Giving birth to a baby
69
2.3
The time when a woman has a baby
28
3.3
The act of giving birth to a baby
22
2.3
To cause a baby or young animal to be born
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3.4
The act of having babies
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3.4
The physical stages a person goes through when a baby comes out of their body
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1.9
To have a baby when it comes out of the mother's body
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8.1
The act of giving birth to a baby
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9.9
The act of a person giving birth to a baby
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3.9
Helping a woman to give birth, often by doctors or nurses
Antonyms
- Specialized
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
How Difficult
- UK
5
3.7
- Specialized
1
3.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
2
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the process of delivering a baby through the vagina' is directly and compositionally derived from 'vaginal' (pertaining to the vagina) + 'birth' (the process of being born), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common medical compound rather than an idiom, making it transparently understandable.
Etymology
Vaginal birth describes a baby being born through the mother's vagina rather than by an operation. So it means 'delivery through the vagina' rather than a 'cesarean section'.