Synonyms

child-bearing

British

noun

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

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child-bearing

Officials said Friday they would promote policies to help with the cost of child-bearing and elderly care.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

Proposals include giving mothers of big families "medals" for child-bearing or even paying new moms a $5,000 baby bonus.

From Salon ● May 7, 2025

While the number of births fell to a record low last year, the number of women of child-bearing age was at its highest ever at 12 million.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024

Nearly 8 in 10 women develop fibroids, noncancerous tumors that develop in the uterus during child-bearing years.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

The modern dread of deterioration of vitality as the result of frequent child-bearing is quite without foundation in the realities of human experience.

From Religion And Health by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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