ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from child + bed
: the condition of a woman in childbirth : parturition , lying-in
women in childbed
visiting her the first week after her childbed — Samuel Putnam
ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from child + bed
: the condition of a woman in childbirth : parturition , lying-in
women in childbed
visiting her the first week after her childbed — Samuel Putnam
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012