Birthing

n.	1.	(Naut.) Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.
	2.	the act or process of giving birth.

Noun

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birthing - the process of giving birth Synonyms: giving birth, parturition, birth

accouchement, biological process, birth, brooding, calving, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, egg laying, farrow, farrowing, giving birth, hatch, hatching, incubation, labor, labour, laying, lying-in, organic process, parturiency, parturition, reproduction, travail, vaginal birth