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单词 freebirth
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freebirth


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  1. 1
    the process of giving birth to a baby at home and without the help of a doctor, midwife or other medical professional
    In one of the home birth groups I’m a member of, women began to discuss having an “unassisted birth” also known as a “freebirth.”
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    Kerry on 18/03/2016

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    Freebirth is a recently-coined synonym for the more formal expression unassisted childbirth, often abbreviated to UC. The expression unassisted childbirth was coined by Laura K. Shanley, a freelance writer, childbirth advisor, and author of a book of the same name (Unassisted Childbirth, Greenwood Press, 1993). Shanley had been inspired by Grantly Dick-Read (1890–1959), a British obstetrician thought of by many as the father of the natural childbirth movement.

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