<unk>  with friends and/or family While<unk>  does not include the use of medical personnel or birth attendants in a professional capacity, the birthing woman may still wish to have other people present at her birth. This might include her partner, close friends of the mother, the grandparents-to-be, or other family members. These people may take on various roles such as minding the other children in the family, preparing food, making sure the mother remains undisturbed by phone calls, etc. Couple's Birth A woman giving birth and her partner may wish to be alone together for the birth of their child. Some couples who choose<unk>  consider the birth to be a consummation or extension of their married life. In terms of wanting to have an ecstatic or orgasmic birth, a high degree of privacy is desired. Others may simply consider birth to be an intimate bonding time between the spouses and their newborn child. Solo Birth Some women choose to give birth completely alone. They may retreat to a room alone at the time of the birth and then bring their partner in afterward; or they may remain entirely alone in their home or another location. Women who choose a solo<unk>  birth may see birthing as an intensely private process, or may feel they have all the resources they need through their intuition. Freebirth Giving birth without any health care provider supervision. Sometimes used synonymously with<unk>  birth", and sometimes used to describe any birth without medically licensed professionals present, regardless of who else may or not be in attendance in a supportive role.
Unassisted childbirth
Natural childbirth
Postpartum confinement
Home birth
Coffin birth
Post-coital tristesse
Exsanguination
Self-inflicted caesarean section