as in childbirth
the act or process of giving birth to children
for her second accouchement, she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor
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childbirth
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Over its final 20 years, the Gates Foundation will focus on ending preventable childbirth deaths, eradicate deadly infectious diseases, and lifting people out of poverty, among its other goals, the foundation’s statement said.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025 -
This phenomenon is rampant in the great American sport of childbirth and child-rearing.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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“Accouchement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accouchement. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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