as in childbirth
the act or process of giving birth to children
for her second accouchement, she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor
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childbirth
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Despite having more complex reproductive organs and the burdensome, sometimes fatal, functions that come with them — menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding — female bodies tend to outlast male bodies.—
Starre Vartan,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025 -
Today, with the exception of Wisconsin, Medicaid coverage has extended from 60 days to 12 months after childbirth.—
Natasha Williams,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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“Accouchement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accouchement. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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