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Last time it was a natural childbirth.
Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.
Mary died in childbirth.
Mary died during childbirth.
His wife died in childbirth.
"The midwife says that there's no pain during childbirth, only pressure. Is that true?" "Yes! Just like a tornado is a movement of air."
Haumea is named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth. The two moons in orbit around Haumea were named after two of the children of Haumea. Hi'iaka is the larger moon, while the smaller moon was named Namaka.
Obstetrics deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
Tom's wife died in childbirth.
The integration of our global economy has made life better for billions of men, women and children. Over the last 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40 percent of humanity to under 10 percent. That's unprecedented. And it's not an abstraction. It means children have enough to eat; mothers don’t die in childbirth.
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Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)
The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before.
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