theory, a birth process or a pure birth process is a special case of a continuous-time Markov process and a generalisation of a Poisson process. It defines...

The birth–death process (or birth-and-death process) is a special case of continuous-time Markov process where the state transitions are of only two types:...

Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated...

probability, the quasi-birth–death process describes a generalisation of the birth–death process.: 118  As with the birth-death process it moves up and down...

gender assignment) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare...

Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy. Birth...

A birth defect is an abnormal condition that is present at birth, regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical...

hospital, one in five women died during the birthing process. At the onset of the Industrial Revolution, giving birth at home became more difficult due to congested...

obstetrics, asynclitic birth, or asynclitism, refers to the malposition of the fetal head in the uterus relative to the birth canal. Many babies enter...

presents the Creation scene as an idealised representation of the physical birth of man ("The Creation"). It explains the navel that appears on Adam, which...

A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required...

or birth asphyxia) is the medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen to a newborn infant that lasts long enough during the birth process to...

Water birth is labor and sometimes delivery that occurs in water, usually a birthing pool. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does...

Silent birth, sometimes known as quiet birth, is a birthing procedure advised by L. Ron Hubbard and advocated by Scientologists in which "everyone attending...

of the 'near-birth experience'." According to Grof the NDE reflects memories of the birth process with the tunnel representing the birth canal. In 1979...

helpfulness of having a birth plan concluded that creation and use of a birth plan "positively influences the parturition process and maternal-fetal outcomes"...

A home birth is a birth that takes place in a residence rather than in a hospital or a birthing center. They may be attended by a midwife, or lay attendant...

to participate in processes of insemination (no matter traditional or IVF), pregnancy, delivery, and newborn feeding early after birth. In surrogacy arrangements...

up birth or parturition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Birth or parturition is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. Birth may...

into adulthood. Development before birth, or prenatal development (from Latin natalis 'relating to birth') is the process in which a zygote, and later an...

Coffin birth, also known as postmortem fetal extrusion, is the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of the decomposing body of a...

The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish...

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately...

Birth injury refers to damage or injury to the child before, during, or just after the birthing process. "Birth trauma" refers specifically to mechanical...

Birth/Rebirth is a 2023 American psychological horror film directed by Laura Moss in their feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Moss and Brendan...

Lotus birth (or umbilical cord nonseverance - UCNS) is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord uncut after childbirth so that the baby is left attached...

ending the process of pregnancy after its natural conclusion of birth, thus making "after-birth abortion" a self-contradictory phrase, since birth ends the...

The Birth of Saké is a 2015 documentary film about the Tedorigawa Brewery, a 144-year old sake brewery in Ishikawa Prefecture. The Birth of Saké documents...

mothers and fathers explore how the birthing process has become a medical procedure rather than a natural process. Noted narrators include Ina May Gaskin...

power of unmedicated home births. Many women consider natural birth empowering and giving women more control in the birth process, pushing against the paternalistic...