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childbirth | American Dictionary

childbirth
noun[ Cusually sing ]
us/ˈtʃɑɪldˌbɜrθ/
the process of giving birth to a baby

Examples of childbirth

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She wants to experience pregnancy and childbirth and raise her own child.
High priority is given to maternal and child health care, and there are several programs for prevention of disease during pregnancy, childbirth, and early childhood.
Except for certain practices surrounding childbirth, they tend not to enter into debates with social, cultural, or economic historians.
Once the exclusive domain of women, childbirth practices are now dominated by a largely male obstetric workforce, displacing the traditionally female dominated practice of midwifery.
Collagen remodelling in response to pregnancy and childbirth may result in alterations in the mechanical strength of fascia and subsequent incontinence.
Very little is known about primary health service use following childbirth and its determinants.
This approach ignores that childbirth will be a straightforward process for the majority of women, where the circumstances exist to appropriately support such outcomes.
Marriage, childbirth and death mark ageing, not number of years survived.
Moreover, widows outnumbered widowers even while women were still fecund and at risk of dying in childbirth.
She had died in childbirth, leaving her husband with a baby boy.
It commonly occurs after childbirth or postmenopausally, when atrophy occurs related to oestrogen deficiency.
Postnatal depression-nonpsychotic depressive illness-is a major public health problem affecting approximately one in seven women after childbirth.
It can be inferred that the employer anticipated another labour shortage or that the childbirths in 1900 and 1901 necessitated more workers.
Can we predict which women are at risk of pelvic -oor damage during childbirth?
Even such situations as childbirth, where pain is culturally acceptable, have become occasions for the use of sedation.
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