giving birth
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He recalled his wife giving birth to the twins while on holiday and, on returning home, being in "a nice big glass-fronted house overlooking the water".
From BBC • May 15, 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
In 1748, the first wife of John Wayles died just weeks after giving birth to a daughter, Martha Wayles.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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