childbearing

CEFRC1

/tʃˈaɪˌldbɛrɪŋ/

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Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories.
From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.
In these cases, fish intake rates specific to females of childbearing age are most appropriate when assessing exposures to developmental toxicants.

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From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.
1865, Great Britain. General Register Office, Annual Report ... of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales ..., volumes 26–30, page 243
Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories.
1836, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, England and the English
In these cases, fish intake rates specific to females of childbearing age are most appropriate when assessing exposures to developmental toxicants.
2000, Methodology for deriving ambient water quality criteria for the protection of human health
Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide.
2004, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Stephanie Marston, Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman's Soul: Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and Freedom of Midlife, page 256

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From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.