childbearing

childbearing

noun

Definition of CHILDBEARING

the act or process of giving birth to children <in olden days many women died in childbearing>

Synonyms accouchement, childbearing, delivery, labor, parturition, travail

Related Words birth pang, contraction, pains; pregnancy; abortion, miscarriage; cesarean section (or caesarean section), natural childbirth; childbed, confinement, lying-in