childbirth

(noun)

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

Related Terms

Examples of childbirth in the following topics:

  • Women and the Household

    • Death in childbirth was common enough that the term "now-wife" was coined to refer to a man's present wife as compared to those that he had previously lost.

  • The Working Woman

    • During the 1910s and 1920s, women delayed childbirth for economic opportunities that were present in urban areas.

  • Women's Rights after Suffrage

    • In 1913, Sanger worked as a nurse in New York's Lower East Side, often with poor women who were suffering due to frequent childbirth and self-induced abortions.

  • The New Feminism

    • In 1913, Sanger worked in New York's Lower East Side, often with poor women who were suffering severe medical problems due to frequent childbirth and self-induced abortions.

  • Colonial Society

    • Death in childbirth was common enough that the term now-wife was coined to refer to a man's present wife as compared to those that he had previously lost.