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Child-bearing for women is conducive to longevity.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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Now is the only time to be very carefull, for fear the least accident might turn the tide with the young woman, and so she get a mischance, or some other sad mishap; and a mischance is worse for her than a true Child-bearing; for that weakens nature abundantly, and oftentimes brings with it several sad consequences, &
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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Child-bearing for women is conducive to longevity.
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It hath hapned more then a hundred times that the Sister afterwards would not come to the Christning Feast; because, by chance, she heard, that the Brothers wife had notice given her of the Child-bearing before her self; little considering how few people the young people had in the night to assist them; or that the confusion and unexperiencedness was the occasion that they did not think of such a method or order.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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Child-bearing, hard work, and constant anxiety were beginning to tell on
Of Human Bondage 1919
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Child-bearing, hard work, and constant anxiety were beginning to tell on Mrs. Athelny; and sometimes her back ached in the evening so that she had to sit down and rest herself.
Of Human Bondage 1915
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Child-bearing certainly explains some qualities in woman – for instance, her comparative fastidiousness in sexual relations – but not all.
Marriage as a Trade 1909
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It is very good to prevent _Mis-carryings_ in _Child-bearing
All About Coffee 1909
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Child-bearing often incapacitated the wife for work, and church and charitable friends aided at such times.
Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers Mary Ellen Richmond 1894
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Cheese and a cake with a Device of Child-bearing and a promise of babies.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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