How to Use childbirth in a Sentence

childbirth

noun
  • Black moms are more likely to die in childbirth than white moms.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021
  • My friends who hadn’t been through childbirth took care of the baby.
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But the Doula had lost her own baby in childbirth and left town.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The film makes a path from childbirth until the common grave at the end.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2022
  • But Schultz’s childbirth costs may be less than many women pay.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 16 July 2022
  • Surely such a program would add to the stress of childbirth, not soothe it.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Mothers died in childbirth - where often the child died, too.
    — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Any man might lose a wife or even two—just look at your mother, dying in childbirth—but three?
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • But each childbirth experience is unique and goes at its own pace.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 June 2022
  • The first episode really sets the tone with a montage of childbirth.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • Black mothers are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.
    — Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Two days later, Jorgensen was still in the throes of childbirth.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2018
  • One of the sons, Amadeo, died in the moments leading up to childbirth.
    — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 19 June 2018
  • And the number-one cause of death there is bleed outs after childbirth or other things.
    — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2018
  • But, surviving childbirth still wasn’t enough for her body to truly be hers again.
    — Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The church urged women to procreate, and many died in childbirth.
    — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • And still, black mothers are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white mothers.
    — Lyz Lenz, Washington Post, 30 July 2020
  • There’s no biohacking out of childbirth.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Diana was goddess of the moon, hunting, forests, and — for all those moms out there — childbirth.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The study is the first of its kind to show that the risks of childbirth carry across race and parental income level.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Do women feel informed on the benefits and risks of their childbirth health care?
    — Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Black women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women.
    — Robert Raben, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Staff at the zoo were hands-off during the process to give Zuri a quiet space during childbirth.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • Again, pregnancy and childbirth can affect the muscles that keep urine in.
    — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Shay Mitchell is ready for her man to experience the pain of childbirth for himself.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • But the truth is, nothing can prepare you for the intensity of childbirth and those first few days at home.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Many women may not be aware at all that private details of their childbirths were shared with law enforcement.
    — Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • One of them almost died during childbirth from severe bleeding, her mother said.
    — Toqa Ezzidin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Peril Despite all the training in the world, Young said things can go very wrong in childbirth.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018

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