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childbirth

[chahyld-burth] / ˈtʃaɪldˌbɜrθ /


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China has moved well beyond rhetoric: childbirth is now effectively free under the insurance system, and reimbursement for assisted reproductive services has been expanding rapidly.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Trampoline gymnast Laura Gallagher, with whom Young also worked, is the only other Briton to return to gymnastics after childbirth.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Future studies will focus on the sensory nerve networks involved in childbirth, since not all nerves around the uterus contain PIEZO2.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

In “Hamnet,” Buckley’s howls during childbirth and anguish over a child’s death mark the emotional extremes in a period drama about grief, art and Shakespeare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The son discovered that Carmine’s birth mother, a new arrival from Italy, died in childbirth, and his destitute father gave him up.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline