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
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Recent Examples of childbirth
Your pelvic floor muscles undergo many changes throughout life, such as after childbirth and during menopause.
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Erica Sweeney, SELF, 16 Mar. 2026
In 2025 alone, the Ugandan surgical team supported by The Musa Project performed 599 complex childbirth injury surgeries, along with more than 8,800 additional obstetric and gynecologic procedures, including cesarean deliveries and other specialized women’s health surgeries.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Child welfare agencies often relied on flawed drug tests administered at childbirth to report tens of thousands of new parents to law enforcement.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Endometriosis can cause pose major problems to the uterus and ovaries, as well as complicate menstruation and childbirth.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
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Erica Sweeney, SELF, 16 Mar. 2026
In 2025 alone, the Ugandan surgical team supported by The Musa Project performed 599 complex childbirth injury surgeries, along with more than 8,800 additional obstetric and gynecologic procedures, including cesarean deliveries and other specialized women’s health surgeries.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Child welfare agencies often relied on flawed drug tests administered at childbirth to report tens of thousands of new parents to law enforcement.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Endometriosis can cause pose major problems to the uterus and ovaries, as well as complicate menstruation and childbirth.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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Chicken with rice and vegetables, ratatouille and pan-seared salmon are pregnancy-safe meals everyone will enjoy.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The pregnancy is far along—the woman holds the curve.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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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,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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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
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But their efficient delivery of quality-of-life services still resonates with local Democratic Socialists seeking higher offices.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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On the Amazon side, the Teamsters’ ongoing back-and-forth has covered various arguments, such as allegations of unlawful contract terminations for workers at its delivery partners and whether the tech titan is a joint employer along with those partners.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Tuesday marks California's inaugural Farmworkers Day, which was formally approved last week to replace Cesar Chavez Day after serious allegations against the late labor leader came to light.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Two days later, labor leaders joined a handful of US lawmakers in a DC hotel ballroom to strategize how to fight back as AI threatens to displace workers and remake the global economy.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Bondi's public embrace of the president, however, marked a sharp departure from her predecessors, who generally took pains to maintain an arm's-length distance from the White House to protect the impartiality of investigations and prosecutions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2026
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Whether biennials or museum shows, exhibitions are spaces for learning about images, the world, and the pains and delights of being alive.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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African American Language also tends to have nuance in its tense structure, incorporating modifiers and unique contractions.—
Moriah Humiston,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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However, the purely gravitational effects that work on spacetime itself, affecting its curvature, expansion, contraction, or evolution, should affect gravitational waves just as significantly as light gets affected.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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