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accouchement

noun

ˌa-ˌküsh-ˈmäⁿ

Definition of accouchement

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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Pregnant women in the city were given a lump sum of $1,500 at the start of their enrollment, typically in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy, followed by $500 every month until one year after childbirth.

— Ananya Rupanagunta, Vox, 4 Nov. 2026
Gladys’s pregnancy has moved into terrifying 1880s childbirth.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026

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