giving birth

Example Sentences

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The couple were taken from theatre to a private room back through the labour ward where other women were giving birth.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The ego-shattering experience of giving birth in 2016 and raising a son prompted reflections about what men’s inner lives were really like, and she wanted to write about them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

And then, after giving birth to her second child during the pandemic, she cracked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Most modern mammals reproduce by giving birth, but a few species, such as the platypus, still retain the older egg-laying trait.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

So then, since no one was around to watch us and Nelson seems incapable of embarrassment, I brought forth a shameless pantomime of a mother giving birth to one baby, then—oh my!—another.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver