Synonyms of childbearing

childbearing 1 of 2

noun

ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ˌber-iŋ 

as in childbirth

the act or process of giving birth to children

in olden days many women died in childbearing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• childbirth
• pregnancy
• delivery
• parturition
• labor
• travail
• contraction
• pains
• accouchement
• lying-in
• confinement
• birth pang
• cesarean section
• natural childbirth
• childbed

childbearing

2 of 2

adjective

as in gestational

Related Words

• gestational
• prenatal
• pregnant
• parturient
• brooding
• expectant
• expecting
• gravid
• caught
• gone
• impregnated
• conceiving
• enceinte
• big
• heavy
• quick

Dissimilar Words

• nonpregnant
• infertile
• barren
• aborting
• delivered
• miscarrying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of childbearing

Noun

Not least because the hips—or rather, a wide pelvis—are considered a symbol of femininity, fertility, and childbearing capacity, both from a cultural-historical and an evolutionary-biology perspective. — Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026

In fact, for millennia the role of mothers has included not only childbearing and education but also protection over the community as a whole, especially through advocacy for peace. — Marie-Claire Beaulieu, The Conversation, 5 May 2026

Poor women’s childbearing, particularly among Black and immigrant populations, was increasingly portrayed as a driver of intergenerational poverty and social disorder. — Sonya Borrero, STAT, 1 May 2026

Though some countries have tried to slow or reverse the trend through pro-natal policies—including cash incentives and tax breaks for childbearing, affordable childcare, and longer parental leaves—their long-term success has not been definitively proved so far. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026

Around the eleventh century, in Anglo‑Saxon England, instructions for an elaborate childbearing and mothering ritual were recorded by monks in the Lacnunga, a collection of medical texts and curative prayers. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

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

That's because their children, who largely fall within the millennial generation, might be in the midst of their childbearing years. — Holly Garcia, Parents, 11 Jan. 2026

Adjective

Egg freezing, formally called oocyte preservation, is one of the clearest ways to extend a woman’s childbearing years. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

In the United Kingdom, there is a midwife assigned to every childbearing individual, regardless of the risk status of the pregnancy. — Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025