childbearing
Producing human offspring
Childbearing is the process of becoming pregnant and giving birth to children.
The word often appears as an adjective: women of childbearing age, childbearing years.
It can also describe the physical capacity or social expectation: She delayed childbearing to focus on her career.
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- prenatalBefore birth
- antenatalBefore birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
expectant · cravings · fetal · amniocentesis · quickening · gestational · high-risk · ectopic
Formation of an idea
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
- fecundityReproductive capacity
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
insemination · fertilization · infertility · IVF · luteal · follicular · PCOS · endometriosis
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- newbornInfant just delivered
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
obstetrician · doula · cesarean · epidural · vaginal · forceps · waterbirth · afterbirth
Regaining what was lost
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- perinealOf the pelvic floor
bonding · colostrum · engorgement · pumping · weaning · pelvic-floor · diastasis · lying-in
Baptismal sponsors for children
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heirOne who receives legacy
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
ultrasound · expectant · cravings · fetal · amniocentesis · quickening · gestational · high-risk · ectopic · miscarriage
conception
Formation of an idea
implantation · insemination · fertilization · infertility · IVF · luteal · follicular · PCOS · endometriosis · fallopian
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- newbornInfant just delivered
midwife · obstetrician · doula · cesarean · epidural · vaginal · forceps · waterbirth · afterbirth · placenta
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
perineal · bonding · colostrum · engorgement · pumping · weaning · pelvic-floor · diastasis · lying-in · confinement
godparents
Baptismal sponsors for children
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heirOne who receives legacy
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- family planningbirth control, contraception, fertility, pregnancy prevention, conception
- Jewish marriageJewish wedding, ketubah, chuppah, erusin, wedding canopy
- motherhoodmother, mom, mama, mum, mommy
- Biblical Marriagemarriage covenant, bride, husband and wife, bridegroom, groom
childbearingchildlessness
Lacking any offspring
childfree · barrenness · infertility · sterility · childfreeness
childbearingmenopause
End of fertility
infertile · sterile · barren · infertility · sterility
childbearingadoption
Legal family formation
adopting · fostering · surrogacy · foster care · guardianship
child, bearing, bear, children, childhood, childbirth, childlike, bearings, child-bearing