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motherhood

noun as in maternity

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So, I made it my mission to create a new mom-wear line that would empower professional expecting and new moms to honor their identities, while embracing the transformation of motherhood.

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Over the decades, Rogers had learned that motherhood meant doing hard things.

She’d seen too many women in her family in bad marriages with bad men, trapped by a combination of motherhood, poverty and trauma.

It was motherhood, she said, that sparked her activist role there.

So much so, she decided to take a step back and focus on motherhood.

And motherhood is indeed one of the biggest siphons that draws women away from tech.

The incompatibility between motherhood and tech, it seems, runs far deeper than the timing of pregnancy alone.

It is about unfortunate biological mechanisms gone awry, compounded by the real stress of motherhood.

We need to a better job of explaining that women use birth control for much more than delaying or avoiding motherhood.

President Obama is absolutely correct that ensuring work is compatible with motherhood is essential.

And as I gazed at the holy face, another light seemed to change it by degrees from saddened motherhood to triumphant woman!

She gave her husband three children, though she never loved him, devoting herself to the duties of motherhood.

I have been cheated out of the joys of motherhood, that is the truth—the spring was poisoned for me at the very beginning.

All women display an innocent artfulness, the first time they find themselves facing motherhood.

Perhaps no greater charm prevails in this world of wage-earners than the attitude toward motherhood.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to motherhood, such as: parenthood, motherliness, and mothership.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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