What is another word for childbearing?

Pronunciation: [t͡ʃˈa͡ɪldbe͡əɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Childbearing is a term used to describe the process of giving birth, but there are many other words that can be used to describe this experience. Some synonyms for childbearing include childbirth, delivery, parturition, labor, and nativity. Additionally, there are words that describe the stages leading up to childbirth such as pregnancy, gestation and maternity. Some other synonyms that are synonymous with the term childbearing include child-rearing, parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, and guardianship. Regardless of the word used, the experience of welcoming a new life into the world is always special and unforgettable for parents.

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Usage examples for Childbearing

This is sore, A burden without fruit in childbearing; Between the nightfall and the dawn threescore, Threescore between the dawn and evening.
"Poems & Ballads (First Series)"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
It would also be for their interest to make such arrangements as effectually to separate the sexes, or if that were not done, so to overwork the females as to prevent childbearing.
"The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus"
American Anti-Slavery Society
I heard snatches of childbearing adventures, astonishing yarns, interspersed with hard commonsense, not to say cynicism-the cynicism of people who cannot afford to embroider much the bare facts of existence or to turn their attention far from the necessities of life.
"A Poor Man's House"
Stephen Sydney Reynolds

Famous quotes with Childbearing

  • Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
    Norman Mailer
  • Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
    Norman Mailer
  • There’s one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between “ideals,” and with luck they won’t have left their genes behind because they’ll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they’re too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change.
    John Brunner

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