Synonyms of childbirth

childbirth

noun

ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ˌbərth 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of childbirth

Pregnancy and childbirth are costly processes, increasing cardiac output, hypercoagulability, abdominal obesity, and risk of gestational diabetes. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

The shirt, likely made in India around five hundred years ago, was intended to protect its wearer in battle—or in childbirth. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

But in earlier myths, Al Basty was described as a hearth deity and a protector of women in childbirth. — Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026