Childbirth

Definitions

1. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.
   uncountable, usually
2. Set of own physiological phenomena of the viviparous animals that spends to the expulsion of the uterus of the foetus and of the placenta.
3. Product of the creativity of an author, especially said of a literary artwork, that finishes to see the light.
4. Recently born.

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)”

“The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have⟳ a term for the extra stitch they often perform⟳ when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce⟳ a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make⟳ the opening more constricted than it might have⟳ been before.”

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