giving birth

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"The kicker is within two or three days of giving birth, they fall pregnant again so while they're rearing the first litter, they're gestating the second," Henry says.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Entonox is a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen that is used as pain relief for women giving birth.

From BBC • May 18, 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

She is about to risk her life giving birth to Theo’s baby, Vincent’s nephew and namesake.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman