How to Use childbirth in a Sentence

childbirth

noun
  • Some fear that the campaign to encourage childbirth could turn coercive.
    New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The hormonal changes the body goes through during pregnancy and childbirth are thought to play a role in developing the condition.
    Theara Coleman, theweek, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Native American women are twice as likely to die before, during or after childbirth.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Many women report that their breasts appear different after childbirth, even after breastfeeding has stopped.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • In this case, it would be used to prevent me from hemorrhaging to death, the way women used to do quite often due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
    Lisa Ann Walter, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Many people exhibit mental health conditions after pregnancy or childbirth.
    USA Today, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Today, women in the U.S. are 50 percent more likely to die in childbirth than their mothers were, and the majority of their deaths are preventable.
    Marina Starleaf Riker, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • High levels of distress and exhaustion are common, as the physical toll of pregnancy compounds mental health struggles, leading some to fear that things will only get worse after childbirth.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The study authors said a higher level of education reduces the risk of early childbirth for girls, but the education gap between rural and urban areas has not improved much in past decades.
    Cheryl Ho, CNN, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The film makes a path from childbirth until the common grave at the end.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2022
  • My friends who hadn’t been through childbirth took care of the baby.
    Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The study is the first of its kind to show that the risks of childbirth carry across race and parental income level.
    Theara Coleman, theweek, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The first episode really sets the tone with a montage of childbirth.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • Staff at the zoo were hands-off during the process to give Zuri a quiet space during childbirth.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • Mothers die in childbirth — where often the child died, too.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Mothers died in childbirth - where often the child died, too.
    Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Among wealthy countries, the U.S. has the highest rate of deaths linked to pregnancy and childbirth.
    Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation, 23 June 2022
  • But Schultz’s childbirth costs may be less than many women pay.
    Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 16 July 2022
  • With the action set in the mid-1700s, when the risks of childbirth were much greater than today, the stakes are raised and the drama intensifies.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In 1932, while Dorsey was on the road, his wife, Nettie Harper, died in childbirth; their child died a day later.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • The average age of childbirth in South Korea was 33.5 last year.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And then comes the news that Joy has a heart condition that puts her at a 50/50 chance of dying during childbirth.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Fosse’s Morning and Evening: a childbirth scene, partly from the baby’s point of view, followed by the last day in the life of the old man born in chapter one.
    Damion Searls, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In the United States, Black mothers are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white mothers.
    NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
  • But the truth is, nothing can prepare you for the intensity of childbirth and those first few days at home.
    Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 June 2022
  • Yes, there was pain—her childbirth and postpartum was hard.
    Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The film tells the story of Levi (Ben Gavin), a father left to care for his two daughters after his wife dies during childbirth.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Again, pregnancy and childbirth can affect the muscles that keep urine in.
    Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But each childbirth experience is unique and goes at its own pace.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 4 Mar. 2024

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