Monitrice (Noun)
Meaning
An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- As she prepared for labor, Sarah designated her partner John as her monitrice, expecting him to coach her through breathing exercises.
- A doula training course introduced prospective attendants to their possible role as monitrices during prenatal appointments and actual delivery sessions.
- Couples opted to enlist John, a childbirth instructor's spouse, to be a trained monitrice providing back massage techniques learned through on-line forums.
- Prospective mothers consulted child-rearing support teams so monitrices experienced natural home childbirth at centers conducting multiple care regimens throughout some tenets courses throughout courses running hospital-run baby institutes .
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