The action of the verb to give birth.

Alternative form of birth certificate

Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. / Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception).

A birth in which the baby comes through the birth canal posterior (buttocks), feet, or knees first, instead of the more usual position of headfirst.

(anatomy) The combined vagina and cervix, when the cervix dilates during birth to form a continuous tube with the vagina.

a specially designed pool, filled with warm water, in which water births take place

A form of childbirth in which the mother is supported in a birthing pool so that the child is delivered into the warm water.

simple past tense of give birth

Alternative spelling of birthrate

plural of birth pang / (by extension) The difficulty associated with a new project.