child-bearing

British  

noun

1. 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

The fertility rate - which measures how many children are born per woman during her child-bearing years - is the lowest on record at 1.44.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

In order to feel my best, I paid closer attention to my hormones and hunted for a gynecologist interested in what happens to women beyond child-bearing years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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 Honor? de Balzac