child-bearing

noun

1. 1. the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
   2. ( as modifier )

      of child-bearing age

Example Sentences

From October 24: In the early 1980s, there were some 29 abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing age.

From The Daily Beast

Societies that do the least to support mothers and child-bearing have more abortions.

From The Daily Beast

As a general rule, societies that do the most to support mothers and child-bearing have the fewest abortions.

From The Daily Beast

One of these cases was a woman of thirty, who had been married for ten years without child-bearing.

From Project Gutenberg

And thus have I shown how a child-bearing woman ought to govern herself each month during her pregnancy.

From Project Gutenberg

What are the causes or favouring circumstances bringing about this abnormal child-bearing?

From Project Gutenberg

It may occur at any period of child-bearing life, but is much more frequent at the beginning and the end of this term.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, Jack, fancy a woman who had never known what child-bearing meant attempting to describe it!

From Project Gutenberg