noun. The human act or process of giving birth; parturition.

noun. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor: as, “pains of child-birth,”

noun. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.

noun. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

noun. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

"The statistic is not the probability of a pregnant woman dying in childbirth but the number (or probability in a specified country) of a womnan dying in childbirth, regardless of the number of pregnant women."

death  

accoucheur  labour  obstetrician  parturition  puerperal  

birth  

birth  birthing  giving birth  parturition  

active birth  alternative birth  alternative birthing  natural childbirth  

bereavement  defecation  maternity  menopause  motherhood  

delivery  dystocia  eutocia  labor  pains