childbearingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtʃaɪldˌbeə.rɪŋ/us/ˈtʃaɪldˌber.ɪŋ/the process of having babies:
The survey is only concerned with women of childbearing age.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- birth defect
- birth rate
- born
- born
- C-section
- caesarean
- childbirth
- contraction
- delivery
- give birth idiom
- induce
- maternity ward
- midwifery
- obstetric
- posh
- postnatal
- puerperal
- rooming-in
- section
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