Also known as UC, UB, UBAC, freebirth, earth birth, unhindered birth, DIY childbirth, and empowered birth, this is perphas the only way that natural birth can truly occur.

By the term "natural birth" I am referring to childbirth that is allowed to occur as it was designed by Nature, Mother Earth, evolution, God, or whatever you attribute the design of humans to.

Unassisted Childbirth seems a negative term to me, like there is something 'wrong' or 'radical' or negative about choosing to birth without a medical professional in attendance.

I have coined the term 'purebirth' to describe unassisted childbirth since it seems to describe unassisted birth in a more positive light.

This kind of childbirth does not have someone acting as a care provider, OB or midwife. There is no one present to direct how labour or birth goes for the birthing woman other than the woman herself.

There is no need for procedures like timing contractions, checking dilation, checking the heart rate of the baby or the labouring woman and so on. Birth becomes simple.

The woman simply labours and gives birth in whatever ways that she feels like, trusting and knowing her body, her baby and the safety of unhindered birth.

Sometimes the full extent of this freedom is only possible if a woman births alone, but others have done this with husbands, children, family or friends present as well.

It all depends on the woman and the woman alone and the ways in which she may feel inhibited by having others present.

It is not suprising that unassisted birth is slowly becoming more and more heard of as more women adopt this and speak out about their experiences.