child-bearing

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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

In order to feel my best, I paid closer attention to my hormones and hunted for a gynecologist interested in what happens to women beyond child-bearing years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Quarrels between husband and wife would certainly outweigh any advantages in favour of child-bearing which the social propriety or fitness might be held to create.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil