bearing children
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She collected some of the most fascinating information on the latter by watching Flo, an older female with a bulbous nose and an amazing retinue of suitors who was bearing children well into her 40s.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
This finding, noted Ryan, points to some aspect of bearing children -- rather than sociocultural factors associated with early fertility or sexual activity -- as a driver of biological aging.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
In the 19th century, the medical community believed that menstruation depleted women of “vital energy” and any activity during this weakened state would leave her incapable of bearing children.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2023
They housed mostly young women who were cast out by their families for bearing children deemed illegitimate in a largely conservative religious society.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
There are whole lives being lived in this place, sleeping and eating and working, bearing children and raising families and dying.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
