Birth

Birth is the process in animals by which an offspring is expelled from the body of its mother. Different forms of birth are ovipary, vivipary or ovovivipary.

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In humans, the unborn offspring is called fetus after its embryonary stage.

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• Childbirth is the process at the end of a successful human pregnancy that results in a baby being born.
• Natural childbirth is the technique of minimizing medical intervention, particularly anaesthetics, during childbirth.
• Birth defect is a physical or mental abnormality present at the time of birth.
• Multiple birth is the birth of two (twins), three (triplets), four (quadruplets), etc., babies resulting from a single pregnancy.
• The birth canal is the term used for the vagina during birth, as it is the route through which the infant passes during a vaginal birth.
• Cesarean section is surgical birth through the wall of the abdomen.
• Birth control methods are devices, medications or behavior patterns to reduce the probability of pregnancy. Birth control pills are contraceptives which are taken orally.
• Infertility treatments are devices, medications, or behavior patterns to increase the probability of pregnancy.
• Birth pangs are the pains felt by the mother during labour, resulting from contractions of the uterus and pressure on nerves and organs.
• Premature birth is the birth of an infant before the full term of pregnancy.
• Stillbirth is the birth of a dead fetus or an infant.
• Birth trauma is a theory in some branches of psychology and alternative medicine that the baby experiences extreme pain during the birthing process and that this pain influences the child later in life.
• Rebirthing is a branch of alternative medicine.

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Ovipary: REDIRECT Oviparity...

Vivipary: A viviparous animal is an animal employing vivipary, a method of birth before which the embryo develops inside the body of the mother from which it gains nourishment, and not from an egg. Viviparous offspring live independently and require an external food supply from birth. Vivipary is best develo...

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