title: [Understanding natural childbirth].
abstract: Childbirth is considered to be a physiological event in the sense that reproduction is so for all mammals, with a distinct trait for humans tied to human capability to think, use language and relate to one another. In itself, childbirth is a mechanical set having a chemical and hormonal origin connected to the procedure to expel an already mature fetus. As a result, one should know and understand which are the mechanisms that start this process, as well as which behaviors may favor or hinder the perfect functioning of this process. The goal is to achieve a birth which allows the natural process to work and which makes this an experience that mother, baby and father can call their own. "The health care team also partakes in this experience, one which it adds to its own experiences, while society receives a new individual."
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Barcelona/Fundación Bosch i Gimpera.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanés
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy