as in childbirth
the act or process of giving birth to children
in olden days many women died in childbearing
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Noun
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That includes a University of Houston study of maternal mortality that examines why Black, Indigenous and other people of color in the U.S. are nearly three times as likely as white women to die during pregnancy or within the first year after childbirth.—
Agnel Philip,
ProPublica,
28 Feb. 2025 -
The results were consistent among all participants, regardless of body weight or childbirth history.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Gray recently gave birth to a son after receiving prenatal care at Erie.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The region also has the highest percentage of births in which the mothers received inadequate prenatal care.—
Elizabeth Cohen,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Another passenger warns her, conveniently, that pregnant women are returned to their countries of origin and so Alex sobs through each doctor’s inspection, worried that all this pain — this loss of dignity — is for nothing.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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In his lap is Benjamin, the young son of his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna), whose wife Maria (Rutina Wesley) was pregnant in Season 1.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Childbearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbearing. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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