childbirth
n. uncountable B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈtʃaɪɫdˌbɝθ// UK //tʃˈaɪldbɜːθ// child·birth
n. the process of giving birth to a baby. It describes the physical act of a child being born.
n. the act or process of giving birth to a child.
Childbirth is a natural biological process.
She attended several classes to prepare for the physical demands of childbirth.
Modern medicine has transformed childbirth from a dangerous event into a routine, albeit intense, milestone in human life.
From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”).