child-bearing
Britishnoun
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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
It has been reported this happened to almost half of all the island's women of child-bearing age between 1966 and 1970.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025
Among them: Getting Californians of child-bearing age to fill out a new questionnaire to assess their risk of pregnancy complications, even before they become pregnant.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
It is impossible not to detect in this constant child-bearing the malicious influence of a rival who thus kept the legitimate wife out of the way.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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