childbearing
the act of producing or bringing forth children.
Origin of childbearing
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How to use childbearing in a sentence
From October 24: In the early 1980s, there were some 29 abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing age.
Societies that do the least to support mothers and child-bearing have more abortions.
As a general rule, societies that do the most to support mothers and child-bearing have the fewest abortions.
One of these cases was a woman of thirty, who had been married for ten years without child-bearing.
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender BrackettAnd thus have I shown how a child-bearing woman ought to govern herself each month during her pregnancy.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | Anonymous
What are the causes or favouring circumstances bringing about this abnormal child-bearing?
The Physical Life of Woman: | Dr. George H NapheysIt may occur at any period of child-bearing life, but is much more frequent at the beginning and the end of this term.
The Physical Life of Woman: | Dr. George H NapheysOh, Jack, fancy a woman who had never known what child-bearing meant attempting to describe it!
Dodo's Daughter | E. F. Benson
British Dictionary definitions for child-bearing
the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
(as modifier): of child-bearing age
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