childbirth
Americannoun
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childbirths
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of childbirth
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at child, birth
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By building those skills over the first year after childbirth, the team hoped patients would eventually feel confident arranging appointments, seeking primary care, and navigating the healthcare system without additional assistance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Becoming a mother can be difficult under any circumstances, but for some women, everyday obstacles can make getting medical care after childbirth especially challenging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sarah Anderson’s “darkly comic debut,” Joanne Kaufman writes, offers “matter-of-fact hilarity” as it peers into a future in which childbirth is one more workplace benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Nicola Rous-Morgan is a pregnancy and postnatal yoga teacher and a trained midwife, who works with women recovering after childbirth, including those who have had C-sections.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
She had stretch marks on her belly that could only have come from childbirth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
This wouldn’t affect childbirths if the propensity to get married had remained constant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Couples can now have up to three children, and CNN reported that childbirths from unmarried parents will soon be registered with health care officials.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
The fascination stayed with her through Princess Diana’s childbirths, her divorce and her death.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2018
Indeed, not every baby has a mother: before modern medicine, about one in 100 childbirths killed the mother.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2017
It was she who was addressed, as Mary is at the present day, in order to obtain happy marriages and easy childbirths.
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