Plural of childbirth; multiple instances of the process of being born or giving birth.
From 'child' + 'birth.' The word 'birth' comes from Old Norse 'byrth' meaning the act of being born. The plural form became common in medical and demographic contexts.
The phrase 'childbirths' appears frequently in historical mortality statistics—examining how many 'childbirths' a woman survived is one way historians measure both fertility rates and the shocking maternal death rates of previous centuries.
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