birthing

Example Sentences

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The state plans to later expand to additional hospitals and birthing centers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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

In maternity services, inspectors said women were given the opportunity to speak to staff at Royal Lancaster Infirmary about their birthing experience, especially if the experience was not what they had wanted or expected.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2026

Nan had come to the castle as a wet nurse for a Brandon Stark whose mother had died birthing him.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin