child-birth
101child-bed — (in) giving birth Not a cot but standard English for parturition: Two months later I heard she had married this same Count de Béton, and she died in child bed a year or two later. (A. C. Doyle, 1895) …
102birth control — noun a) Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. b) Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child …
103Birth — The birth of a child, whether male or female, is a matter of joy for the whole family. For the Kalderash, the name is traditionally given by the Ursitory …
104birth mother — noun a woman who has given birth to a child, as opposed to an adoptive mother …
105birth — n 1. childbirth, bearing, delivery, parturition, confinement. See bearing (def.2). 2. background, parentage, line, lineage, descent, nativity, origin, race, extraction, derivation; ancestry, family, house, affiliation, blood, blood line, strain,… …
106birth mother — /ˈbɜθ mʌðə/ (say berth mudhuh) noun the woman who physically gave birth to a child (opposed to adoptive mother, etc.) …
107child·bear·ing — /ˈʧajəldˌberıŋ/ noun [noncount] : the process of giving birth to children women who delay childbearing childbearing adj women of childbearing age [=women who are old enough to give birth to children] …
108birth father — noun The genetic father of a child (as opposed to an adoptive or stepfather) …
109child development institute — place where the development of children is studied from birth onward …
110Concealing birth — Concealing a birth is the act of a parent (or other responsible person) failing to report the birth of a child. The term is sometimes used to refer to hiding the birth of a child from friends or family, but is most often used when the appropriate …
