childbearing
[chahyld-bair-ing]
- the act of producing or bringing forth children.
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Origin of childbearing
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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.
Historical Examples
Counting in the child-bearing women, I reckon about twenty per cent.
Among the PinesJames R. Gilmore
Cheese and a cake with a Device of Child-bearing and a promise of babies.
These signs all mean that her essential function is child-bearing.
The Crown of Wild OliveJohn Ruskin
He cursed her in child-bearing or in barrenness, and he cursed her children after her to all generations.
Moon of IsraelH. Rider Haggard
It all seems very dark to me, and the burden of child-bearing is not all the mother's.
YonderEmily Hilda Young
child-bearing
- the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- (as modifier)of child-bearing age
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Word Origin and History for child-bearing
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childbearing
(chīld′bâr′ĭng)- Pregnancy and parturition.
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