Lamaze

(lə mäz)

noun

a training program in natural childbirth, emphasizing breathing control and relaxation during labor together with the presence and encouraging assistance of the father

Origin: after F. Lamaze, 20th-c. Fr physician, who developed it

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adjective
Relating to or being a method of childbirth in which the expectant mother is prepared psychologically and physically to give birth without the use of drugs.

Origin:

Origin: After Fernand Lamaze (1890-1957), French physician

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