Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The human act or process of giving birth; parturition.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor: as, “pains of child-birth,”
Wiktionary
- n. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Examples
“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.”
Global Voices in English » Japan: Doctor shortage, the medical system in crisis
“After Mollie died in childbirth, leaving Max with a baby daughter, Sophie and William Pearson took the baby into their own family, and raised her with their own son and daughters (including Granny).”
“She died in childbirth with their fourteenth child.”
Traveling in India: Kisses at the Taj Mahal « Colleen Anderson
“Orphaned by their mothers death in childbirth and their fathers disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.”
Cutting For Stone: Summary and book reviews of Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese.
“The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of feminine perfection.”
“Having almost expired in childbirth (and having thus been hastily baptized to save his immortal soul), the little boy fell victim to scrofula and was stricken partially blind and deaf.”
“According to some sources, a teenage girl is more likely to die in childbirth than to complete primary school.”
The Huffington Post: John Travis: The Best First Step for South Sudan
“Lilian – she almost died in childbirth and was, I think, unable to have more children.”
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marky you're right, it's not funny at all. it's just, i cannot believe someone would say something like that! OMFG! Mar 22, 2011
PossibleUnderscore Is that quote meant to be funny?
Or stupid?
Because it's certainly not the former. Mar 22, 2011
yarb There is something miraculous about a turd, now that you mention it. Mar 22, 2011
marky "Childbirth is no more a miracle than eating food and a turd coming out of your ass."
I just read this on someone's facebook favorite quotations. they also have plenty of pictures of their kids too. lol Mar 22, 2011