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birth plan

birth plan noun: a protocol, agreed between mother, midwives and doctors, listing options such as birth companion, position at birth, pain relief etc.

Noun

birth plan (plural birth plans)

  1. A protocol, agreed between mother, midwives and doctors, listing options such as birth companion, position at birth, pain relief etc.
    • Per my birth plan, I don't want an episiotomy; I prefer to tear naturally. No matter how much I may beg or scream, do not offer me an epidural.

Forms of birth plan

pluralbirth plans

Questions about birth plan

What does birth plan mean?
Birth plan means a protocol, agreed between mother, midwives and doctors, listing options such as birth companion, position at birth, pain relief etc.
What part of speech is birth plan?
Birth plan is a noun.
What is the plural of birth plan?
The plural of birth plan is birth plans.

Words near birth plan in the dictionary

  1. birth pangs
  2. birth parent
  3. birth parents
  4. birth pill
  5. birth pills
  6. birth plan
  7. birth plans
  8. birth rate
  9. birth rates
  10. birth sex
  11. birth sexes

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