freebirth

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noun

A childbirth delivered without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife.

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Meanings

nounfreebirth (plural freebirths)

plural freebirths

  1. A childbirth delivered without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife.

    Instead, Judith wanted to be with only her husband and her closest friend, a plan known as freebirth, or unassisted birth, by the tiny subculture of women who practice it.

    2020 February 21, Brandy Zadrozny, “She wanted a 'freebirth' with no doctors. Online groups convinced her it would be OK.”, NBC News
verbfreebirth (third-person singular simple present freebirths, present participle freebirthing, simple past and past participle freebirthed)

present singular third person freebirths · participle present freebirthing · participle past freebirthed · past freebirthed

  1. To give birth to a child without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife.

    Figures on the number of women choosing to freebirth are not collated, but researchers and midwives believe it's on the rise.

    2017 August 30, Josie Taylor, Rebecca Armitage, “The rise of freebirthing: 'If there was a death of my baby ... I was capable of grieving'”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Origin

Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker.

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Translations

Swedish vild graviditet
  • vild graviditetchildbirth delivered without medical assistance
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APA

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MLA

“freebirth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freebirth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freebirth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freebirth.

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