Definition of childbirthnext
as in pregnancy
the act or process of giving birth to children women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs

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Recent Examples of childbirth For example, postpartum hair shedding often starts around three to five months post-childbirth, and resolves on its own within three to six months. Rebecca Strong, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 And biomedicine avoids concepts like purity and pollution when treating issues related to menstruation and childbirth. Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026 The View producer Brian Teta got an eyeful — as did viewers at home — when three cohosts motioned toward their privates during a discussion about childbirth. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026 The amounts include pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care, assuming no complications. Angela Palermo february 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for childbirth
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Noun
  • Infections during pregnancy also pose severe risks for mothers who are not vaccinated or immune, including miscarriage and a tenfold increase in death due to pneumonia.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Shoppers who fluctuate between sizes, dread sitting in rigid denim, have arthritis, and are in the early stages of pregnancy also give the jeans a thumbs-up for their flexible fit, breathable fabric, and easy pull-on design.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Cleghorn notes that many Minoan women died between the ages of twenty and twenty-five, indicating that childbearing was most likely the cause of death.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Women past childbearing years often see OB-GYNs less frequently.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • On Melrose Place in West Hollywood, Mona Seresht spotted a pink and orange Coco Robotics bot struggling through a flooded street on its delivery route.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Several political vehicles are underway to boost affordable housing production in the state, and the State Assembly has established a Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation to advance and scale innovative approaches to housing delivery.
    Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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  • Some have decided that AI is either simply fake (this is not the experience of the software engineers now using it at remarkable scale), while others have substantive qualms about its impact on culture, politics, and labor that seem to be captured in support for local opposition to data centers.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Back in her studio in Accra, Linnan is sounding an alarm about handling the smock with care despite the labor intensive process of weaving it.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Olympic organizers have gone to great and sometimes absurd pains to excise political messaging from the Games.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The duo went to great pains to source pieces from the brands and collections Bessette Kennedy wore, including Prada coats and shoes and her favored Levi denim cut.
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.
    Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Your Heart Health May Be Supported Magnesium plays a key role in how electrical signals move through the heart and in the contraction of the heart muscle.
    MD Published, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But after years of contraction, shrinking pre-sales and skittish buyers, there was a sense at EFM, a cautious, qualified sense, that the worst may be over.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026

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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.

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