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child-bearing

NOUN
gravidity
Synonyms
STRONG
fertilization germination gestation gravidness impregnation parturiency propagation
NOUN
gravidness
Synonyms
STRONG
fertilization germination gestation gravidity impregnation parturiency propagation
NOUN
parturiency
Synonyms
STRONG
fertilization germination gestation gravidity gravidness impregnation propagation
NOUN
pregnancy
Synonyms
STRONG
fertilization germination gravidity gravidness impregnation parturiency propagation

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Officials said Friday they would promote policies to help with the cost of child-bearing and elderly care.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Proposals include giving mothers of big families "medals" for child-bearing or even paying new moms a $5,000 baby bonus.

From Salon • May 7, 2025

The fertility rate - which measures how many children are born per woman during her child-bearing years - is the lowest on record at 1.44.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Among them: Getting Californians of child-bearing age to fill out a new questionnaire to assess their risk of pregnancy complications, even before they become pregnant.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

But the instinct toward child-bearing could 175 not now be revived in Marie.

From The Women of Tomorrow by Hard, William