maternity
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It was 1966 and she was sent by her family to a maternity home run by the Salvation Army more than 150 miles away, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Or just ‘cause I’m singing about a woman having a baby doesn’t mean I have to wear a maternity smock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
I’d rather stay at home and enjoy my baby’s first year, but maternity leave is so short.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Oh, I’m sorry, but Ms. Maniscalco isn’t here. Haven’t you heard? She’s on maternity leave.”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
There are 13.41 deaths per 100,000 maternities according to latest figures published by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit - which monitors the causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths and infant deaths.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024
But the difference here is in the sounds that fill the air: high-pitch barking from dozens of puppies scattered through its maternities and training camps.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
If we must, then, have maternities, we should make them safe, and this can be in great measure accomplished by remembering the twofold source of danger arising from a poisoned atmosphere and direct inoculation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
After such a showing the first impulse would be to cry out loudly for the suppression of the maternities.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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The Mother of All Lists: Mater, Matr
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