birthing
- adjective
- /ˈbɜrθɪŋ/
- She chose a comfortable environment for her birthing experience, embracing the natural process.
So we had to make sure that the birthing charts were appropriately done so it wouldn't happen.
- So we had to make sure that the birthing charts were appropriately done so it wouldn't happen.
- They actually, I was Dming someone from there about a course and I did actually start a birthing course.
- Rebecca, when I said that there was a birthing center here at the Larchmont Studios, I was lying.
Examples
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The midwife provided support and guidance to each birthing person during labor.
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OK, it's a big event if you're birthing out a baby.
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Oh Oh my God, bodies with vaginas birthing people.
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So we had to make sure that the birthing charts were appropriately done so it wouldn't happen.
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I was at the chest feeding, birthing first in March, the bleeder convention.
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Women have been called, as we know recently, cervix Havers, menstruators, birthing bodies and, perhaps most distastefully, bleeders.
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In the documentary, they highlighted the importance of birthing options for expectant mothers.
Synonyms
About to give birth or giving birth
Compounds
The physical stages a person goes through when a baby comes out of their body
Person who gives comfort and practical help to a woman during childbirth but not medical treatment
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Birthing comes from the same root as birth and bear, which mean 'to carry' or 'to give birth'. So birthing used as an adjective describes something that happens during childbirth, for example a 'birthing person' who is giving birth.