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

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 felt they had been forced to live a "legal fiction", despite the fact their "de facto parent" was again their birth mother.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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

On the day that the social worker picked up Baby Emma to bring her home to her birth mother, Mama let us each hold her for a few minutes.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince