Lamazen.
/ləˈmɑːz/, /ləˈmeɪz/, U.S. /ləˈmɑz/ Chiefly U.S.
Used attributively with reference to the use of psychoprophylaxis in childbirth, as advocated by Lamaze.
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Lamaze1959
alternative birth1976
Leboyer1976
1959 M. Karmel (title) Babies without tears: a mother's experiences of the Lamaze method of painless childbirth.
1965 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. 40/6 The birth of a baby by natural childbirth using the Lamaze technique.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. ii. xl. 18/1 It..is currently known as psychoprophylaxis or the Lamaze Method, after a French enthusiast.
1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion iii. iv. 246 The Lamaze method of natural childbirth was the new in-thing and everybody was doing it.
1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 9 Dec. 22 (caption) Tell him we're not interested in starting a Lamaze class!
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