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water birth, n.
Brit. |ˈwɔːtə bəːθ|, U.S. |ˈwɔdər ˌbərθ|, |ˈwɑdər ˌbərθ|
[‹ water n. + birth n.1]
†1. poet. An aquatic creature. Obs. rare.
1878F. W. Bourdillon Among Flowers 39 Swiftly dive and swim; More like some buoyant water-birth, Than creatures wont to walk the earth.
2. Birth which takes place in water; an instance of this. Now (Obstetr.): childbirth during which the mother spends the final stage of labour, and sometimes also the delivery, immersed in warm water; a birth of this type.
fig. in quot. 1908.
1908J. R. Randall Maryland, my Maryland & Other Poems 133 Thy name, dear Keats, had water-birth. 1981United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 15 Dec. Other successful water births have been performed in Dallas. 1993Independent on Sunday 17 Oct. 24/2 In fact, a national survey into the extent and safety of water birth began in June. 1999M. Syal Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) ii. 74 From planned water birth with Vivaldi playing to lying in stirrups, fanny to the wind, all hope and dignity gone. |