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childbirth:

see birthbirth
or labor,
delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period before conception.
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Childbirth

Childlessness (See BARRENNESS.)

Artemis

(Rom. Diana) goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 59]

Asclepius

saved by his father Apollo from the body of pregnant Coronis when Apollo slays her for infidelity. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 57]

Athena

sprang from the head of Zeus when Hephaestus split it open with an axe. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 60]

Auge

Arcadian goddess of childbirth. [Arcadian Myth.: Kravitz, 59]

Carmenta

one of Camenae; protectress of women in confinement. [Rom. Rel.: Zimmerman, 50]

Dionysus

unborn god is saved from his dead mother and sewn into Zeus’s thigh, from which he is later born. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 273]

dittany

symbol of childbirth. [Herb Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 173]

Egeria

goddess of childbirth; protectress of the unborn. [Rom. Myth.: Avery, 425–426]

Eileithyia

ancient Greek goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 92]

Hera

(Rom. Juno) goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 59]

Lilith

demon; dangerous to women in childbirth. [Jew. Trad.: Benét, 586]

Lucina

goddess of childbirth. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 59]

Mater Matuta

goddess of childbirth. [Rorer. Myth.: Howe, 160]

Parca

ancient Greek goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 59]

test-tube baby

Louise Brown; first successful fertilization outside the body (1978). [Br. Hist.: Facts (1978), 596–597]

Themis

goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 53]

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A machine which could dramatically cut the numbers of unnecessary caesarian sections being performed during childbirth is being pioneered by two Midland hospitals.

Stan will monitor caesarian problems

The Country Profiles describe the strategies utilized by Botswana, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia in lowering maternal mortality rates and improving coverage of skilled care during childbirth.

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Childbirth is now more stressful than it was for the many women who gave birth in their homes.

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