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birthing

birthing

4.1
Relating to a person or thing involved in giving birth
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɜrθɪŋ/
translation icon : relacionado con el parto
  • 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.

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Examples

  • The midwife provided support and guidance to each birthing person during labor.

  • OK, it's a big event if you're birthing out a baby.

  • Oh Oh my God, bodies with vaginas birthing people.

  • So we had to make sure that the birthing charts were appropriately done so it wouldn't happen.

  • I was at the chest feeding, birthing first in March, the bleeder convention.

  • Women have been called, as we know recently, cervix Havers, menstruators, birthing bodies and, perhaps most distastefully, bleeders.

  • In the documentary, they highlighted the importance of birthing options for expectant mothers.

Synonyms

parturient
vsbirthing
  • Specialized
9.9

About to give birth or giving birth

is used more broadly for any person, event, or thing related to childbirth

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

A way of giving birth without medical help, often at home or in water

Surface Forms

birthing positive

Morphology

birthing = birth (transparent) = birth + ing

A participial/adjectival use of 'birth' + '-ing', meaning 'relating to childbirth', which is predictable from the base.

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.