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maternity

noun as in period of being pregnant with child

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He said it was a priority in the trust's maternity and neonatal improvement plans.

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Becoming pregnant through IVF enables the same maternity rights as non-IVF pregnancies, but currently in employment law there are no legal rights when it comes to fertility treatment.

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During maternity leave for her younger child, Cora meets a scruffily cool husband and father named Sam at a local baby group and feels an immediate attraction.

A couple whose six-day-old daughter's death sparked national reform in maternity care for mothers say it will "change lives".

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Staffing shortages and a "culture of mistrust" led to delays and patients being harmed at one of the busiest maternity units in the UK, a review has found.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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