birthing

Example Sentences

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The gas was released on maternity units when cannisters were connected, birthing mothers exhaled, and when the equipment was faulty, according to papers filed at the High Court.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Doctors at St. Louis-based Mercy, which runs birthing hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, began noticing an uptick in families turning down the vitamin K shot during the pandemic.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

I see her death as a profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing mothers.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2026

It also honored pop’s past while birthing its future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

She took and stored in her brain and her heart what she heard the midwife say and do about babies and birthing and easing pain.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman