| 释义 | childbed noun[ U ]
 old-fashioneduk /ˈtʃaɪld.bed/ us /ˈtʃaɪld.bed/
 the act of giving birth to a baby: 分娩,生产
 in childbedThe wife probably died in childbed.
 She gave birth to a daughter, but died in childbed, and the infant did not outlive her mother by many days.
 Brown seaweed soup is known as good for a woman in childbed, because it contains a lot of calcium.
 Childbed death includes fatalities during labour and during the first few days postpartum.
 She was still in childbed, having been delivered safely of a girl.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Obstetrics: birth
 antenatally
 Apgar score
 B, b
 birth centre
 birth pangs
 birth rate
 childbirth
 contraction
 doula
 due date
 episiotomy
 gas and air
 hypnobirth
 induce
 posh
 premmie
 tokophobia
 vacuum extraction
 ventouse
 whelp
 
 Synonym
 childbirth
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