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How to pronounce childbirth in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms accouchement, childbearing, vaginal birth
Type of birthing, parturition, giving birth, birth
Has types active birth, alternative birth, alternative birthing, natural childbirth

Examples of childbirth

childbirth
If they lost their child in childbirth or whatever, they can still cry about it.
From the news-journalonline.com
The program was incorporated it into a traditional childbirth educational class.
From the sciencedaily.com
At 17 he married his childhood sweetheart, Virginia, but she died in childbirth.
From the independent.co.uk
Is this what childbirth has been reduced to, that doing anything else is better?
From the guardian.co.uk
The death of a 12-year-old in childbirth this fall highlighted the health risks.
From the washingtonpost.com
Childbirth, the men among us are told, is a little bit like passing a rose bush.
From the toledoblade.com
Nearly 20 percent of women who die during childbirth in Africa die from malaria.
From the voanews.com
She referred to oxytocin, a hormone that contracts the uterus during childbirth.
From the washingtontimes.com
In her experience, every woman has something to complain about after childbirth.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
  • Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. ...
  • The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy
  • Women who have never had children or who had them only after age 30 have an increased risk for breast cancer. Being pregnant more than once or becoming pregnant at an early age reduces your risk of breast cancer.
  • Labour resulting in a live birth, or labour after at least 24 weeks of pregnancy.
  • In the case of hard labor ensuing during confinement, the unmarried girls in the house should unbraid their hair and let it loose on their shoulders (Kovno; Rumania).
  • Education prepares the mother and usually her partner for labor and birth. It may also include information on cesarian birth, breastfeeding, maternal postpartum issues, and neonatal care. ...
  • A cause given for many female deaths of the century. Almost all babies were born in homes and usually were delivered by a family member or a midwife; thus infection and lack of medical skill were often the actual causes of death.
  • (child*brth) n. You get to go through 36 hours of contractions; he gets to hold your hand and say "focus ... breathe... push..."