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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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

I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old and my wife past child-bearing.

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)

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