childbearing

Example Sentences

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The rate has mostly headed down since 2007, a prerecession peak when millennial women started to enter their prime childbearing years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Although I was certainly satisfied with the breast milk I was able to provide, I do wish I had known about D-MER during the childbearing process.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

The rising living costs in China and economic uncertainty also continue to deter childbearing, she added.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

“I’ve been in the business 51 years, and congenital measles only occurs when you have women in their childbearing years who are neither vaccinated or previously infected.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

At the same Tipping Point, the rates of childbearing for teenaged girls — which barely move at all up to that point — nearly double.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell