childbirth
noun
child·birth
ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ˌbərth 
: the act or process of giving birth to a baby : parturition
Examples of childbirth in a Sentence
women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs
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Kanto practitioners believe that women cannot participate because, according to Japan's Shinto religion, women's blood from menstruation and childbirth is considered impure for the purpose of religious rituals.
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Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Brutal childbirth has increasingly become TV shorthand for the burden of being a woman.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
One dish that is particularly meaningful to her is miyeok guk, a seaweed soup traditionally eaten by women after childbirth.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
How Superstitions Impact Modern Life and Pregnacy Pregnancy and childbirth are major life changes, and with that may come feelings of nervousness, excitement, even fear—and some of these feelings could present themselves as superstitions.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Brutal childbirth has increasingly become TV shorthand for the burden of being a woman.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
One dish that is particularly meaningful to her is miyeok guk, a seaweed soup traditionally eaten by women after childbirth.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
How Superstitions Impact Modern Life and Pregnacy Pregnancy and childbirth are major life changes, and with that may come feelings of nervousness, excitement, even fear—and some of these feelings could present themselves as superstitions.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for childbirth
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childbirth. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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childbirth
noun
child·birth
ˈchīl(d)-ˌbərth
: the act or process of giving birth to children
called also parturition
Medical Definition
childbirth
noun
child·birth
ˈchīl(d)-ˌbərth
: the act or process of giving birth to a baby : parturition
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