Definition of "childbirth" []

• The human act or process of giving birth; parturition. (noun)

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• "The statistic is not the probability of a pregnant woman dying in childbirth but the number (or probability in a specified country) of a womnan dying in childbirth, regardless of the number of pregnant women."
• "While the act of childbirth is an adventure in itself, Shaw exaggerates the metaphor and transcends it, all with a whimsical yet serious beat."
• "However, childbirth is still a mysterious event for some aspects and you can never know with certainty what may happen."