noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ live
▪
Better living conditions mean more live ~s and fewer stillbirths.
▪ normal
▪ difficult
▪ breech
▪ Caesarean , vaginal
▪ natural (= without the use of drugs)
▪ premature , preterm
▪ multiple
▪ illegitimate , out-of-wedlock ( AmE )
▪ home , hospital
▪ water (= in water)
VERB + BIRTH
▪ give
▪
She gave ~ to a baby boy.
▪ register
▪ celebrate
▪
They recently celebrated the ~ of their second daughter.
▪ await
▪
He was anxiously awaiting the ~ of his child.
▪ announce
▪ attend
▪
A doctor and three midwives attended the ~.
BIRTH + NOUN
▪ certificate
▪ records
▪ date
▪ place (usually birthplace )
▪ weight (usually birthweight )
▪ process
▪ complications
▪ defect
▪ canal
▪
the mother's ~ canal
▪ mother
▪ attendant (= person who assists a woman giving birth)
▪ partner (= person a woman chooses to be with when giving birth)
▪ plan
▪
You should prepare a ~ plan with your obstetrician.
▪ announcement
▪ rate
▪
a low/high ~ rate
(see also birth control )
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
The baby weighed seven pounds at ~.
▪ at a/the ~ , during a/the ~
▪
The child's father was present at the ~.
▪ by ~
▪
He was American by ~, but lived in France.
PHRASES
▪ ~s, deaths and marriages ( AmE ), ~s, marriages and deaths
▪
announcements of ~s, marriages and deaths
▪ your date of ~ , your place of ~
▪ of low ~ , of noble ~ ( both old-fashioned )
▪ the moment of ~