as in pregnancy
the act or process of giving birth to children
women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs
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Recent Examples of childbirth
These centers provide prenatal care, nutritious food and clean water, assistance during childbirth, medical treatment, access to medicine and more.
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Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The challenge of a high deductible Of all the reasons a family can face medical debt from childbirth, high deductibles are among the most common.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Key Takeaway Postpartum fatigue affects roughly 40% of birthing parents, it's caused by physical recovery from childbirth, breastfeeding, sleep deprivation, and emotional stress.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
The second photograph contains a wet, bulbous, red lump held between two fingers and pierced by a needle guiding a black thread, possibly in reference to the stitching of the perineal tear after childbirth.
—Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The challenge of a high deductible Of all the reasons a family can face medical debt from childbirth, high deductibles are among the most common.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Key Takeaway Postpartum fatigue affects roughly 40% of birthing parents, it's caused by physical recovery from childbirth, breastfeeding, sleep deprivation, and emotional stress.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
The second photograph contains a wet, bulbous, red lump held between two fingers and pierced by a needle guiding a black thread, possibly in reference to the stitching of the perineal tear after childbirth.
—Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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Kylie Kelce is getting real about the experience of pregnancy.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ellie is currently in her third trimester of pregnancy at 32 weeks.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Originally Published: December 14, 2024 at 5:00 AM EST Most Popular Most Popular Grand jury indicts Orlando man with defrauding donors of money meant for Trump, DeSantis, other campaigns A homeless man got five years in prison for a $30 drug delivery.Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the backlog of unfulfilled orders has reached a record 17,000: at current delivery rates, this would take 14 years to fulfill, although the wait time is expected to eventually shorten.Ted Reed, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Garcia got pregnant again two years later but suffered a miscarriage.Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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In Texas, people who need abortions face criminalization, and at least three women have died as doctors fear performing even routine miscarriage treatment.Colleen Hamilton, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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The process of parturition can be considered as equivalent to cosmonaut's/astronaut's transition from microgravitation back to Earth gravitation (G=1) during landing.ncbi rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013
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The two countries approved a new trade deal with Canada, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), that even some free-market advocates saw as an improvement on its predecessor NAFTA due to its enhanced protections for intellectual property and labor rights.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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After 28 hours of labor and three days in the hospital, Bryant says the couple had just five minutes as they were being discharged to come up with a name.Jordan Greene, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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