birth mother

British  

noun

1. the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child

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birth mother

One birth mother, Jean, tells us she never wanted to give up her daughter, Tye, for adoption - and describes it as "forced".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

He learned his birth mother was buried in a pauper’s grave at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Santa Rosa, with “nothing to mark her grave but an upside-down horseshoe that has her name in it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

One is his long-estranged birth mother, who at last shows up in Alphy’s life for an auspicious celebration but may not be entirely ready to embrace him.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

She and her husband adopted their son Leighton at the age of three, after he was removed from his birth mother when he was 18 months old.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Here we were—my adopted parents, my birth mother, my half sister, and a stranger my mother needed for support—courteously sitting across from one another.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter