childbirth
noun
an act or instance of bringing forth a child; parturition.
childbirths
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pluralof childbirth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This wouldn’t affect childbirths if the propensity to get married had remained constant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Two grueling childbirths drove her to seek surgery.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2019
Three childbirths later, she was diagnosed with near-fatal renal complications.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2018
Indeed, not every baby has a mother: before modern medicine, about one in 100 childbirths killed the mother.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2017
During several childbirths which I attended in various parts of the valley, I observed the use of the following aids to delivery: 1.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
