birth mother

noun

: the mother of a child when the child is born

specifically : a woman who gave birth to a child who has been adopted

They had turned to an open adoption after pursuing infertility treatments for 18 years, and the birth mother had agreed to relinquish custody at the hospital. —

Emily Nussbaum

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She was bailed out by her birth mother, according to Rosie's social media post. —

Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024 On the small screen, Garr played the estranged birth mother of Lisa Kudrow’s Phoebe on Friends. —

Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024 Monica Kelsey, a former military member and firefighter whose birth mother abandoned her two hours after birth in 1973, launched Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Indiana in 2016. —

Jim Salter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024 While the past Doctor saves baby Ruby, her birth mother stops walking and breaks down in tears. —

Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for birth mother