| A | B |
| Certified Nurse Midwife | specially trained to deliver babies under normal circumstances |
| birthing room | used for both labor and delivery |
| natural childbirth | delivery without the use of drugs |
| Lamaze method | focus on something else other than the pain such as a focal point and breathing techniques |
| Leboyer method | prepare birthing room with low lights and noise. |
| Lightening | when baby drops into the birthing canal |
| Breech birth | when baby is butt or rear-end first |
| false labor | irregular contractions |
| dialation | opening of the cervix |
| 2nd stage of labor | expulsion of baby |