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Natural birth rate

The proportion of births in a maternity service that are reported as natural, vaginal, physiologic, or low-intervention births.

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Natural birth rates and patient satisfaction

Natural birth rates and patient satisfaction

What natural birth rates can and cannot tell you Natural birth rates usually refer to the proportion of births that occur vaginally with limited medical intervention, often without pharmacologic analgesia or routine augmentation. In practice, definitions vary. Some facilities count any vaginal delivery, while others reserve the term for a natural vaginal birth without epidural […]