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birth

Also known as birthing

right|thumb|Lambing: the mother licks the first lamb while giving birth to the second 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 by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the fetus at a developmental stage when it is ready to feed and breathe.

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Birth is the biological process by which a mother's body expels a developed offspring into the world, triggered by hormones that make the uterus contract. It matters because it's how mammals, including humans, transition from developing inside the mother to being able to breathe and feed independently.

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526,509 papers

Out-of-Hospital Birth.ReviewAmerican family physician · 2021Lang G, Farnell EA 4th, Quinlan JD
Birth plans: definitions, content, effects, and best practices.ReviewAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2023Ghahremani T, Bailey K, Whittington J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.12.011
Position for labor and birth: State of knowledge and biomechanical perspectives.ReviewEuropean journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 2017Desseauve D, Fradet L, Lacouture P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.11.006
Effect of maternal birth positions on duration of second stage of labor: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Berta M, Lindgren H, Christensson K et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2620-0
Vulnerability in birth: A negative capability.ReviewJournal of clinical nursing · 2020MacLellan JDOI: 10.1111/jocn.15205
Birth Experience Among Black Women in the United States: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.ReviewJournal of midwifery & women's health · 2024Spurlock EJ, Pickler RHDOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13628
Neutrophils in preterm birth: Friend or foe?ReviewPlacenta · 2020Tong M, Abrahams VMDOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.12.010
Factors associated with person-centered care during pregnancy and birth for Black women and birthing people in California.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2023Altman MR, Afulani PA, Melbourne D et al.DOI: 10.1111/birt.12675

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equivalent class: www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E67_Birth
Commons category: Births
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exact match: erlangen-crm.org/current/E67_Birth

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Human childbirth
Other mammals
Cattle
Dogs
Marsupials
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In some species, the offspring is precocial and can move around almost immediately after birth but in others, it is altricial and completely dependent on parenting.