childbearing
[noun]
Synonyms: birth, bearing, birthing, childbirth, delivery, parturition, labor, birth pang(s), travail

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child‧bear‧ing /ˈtʃaɪldˌbeərɪŋ $ -ˌber-/ noun [uncountable]

1. the process of being pregnant and giving birth to children:
the trend towards later marriage and childbearing

2. childbearing age/years if a woman is of childbearing age or in her childbearing years, she is of an age when it is physically possible for her to have babies

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