Reverse Dictionary: CHILDBIRTH

ADJECTIVES
► BROUGHT TO STRAW pregnant; in childbed → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CALLED TO STRAW pert. to a woman who has gone into labour; pregnant; in childbed → 1931 Amer. dial.
► DEAD BORN pert. to a child born dead → 1330 chiefly Eng. dial.
► INLYING confined, in childbed; said of a woman → 1864 Sc.
► NATALITIOUS belonging to or connected with one’s birth or birthday → 1646 obs.
► OBSTETRICATORY pert. to the office of a midwife → 1640 obs.
► OBSTETRICIOUS pert. to a midwife; assisting childbirth → 1645 obs.
► ON THE GANDER-HILL said of a husband when his wife is confined → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SICK confined to childbed; in labour; pregnant → 1805 Amer. dial.
► TEEMING child-bearing; apt to bear children → 1703 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► ACCOUCHEMENT 1809delivery in child-bed → 1809 
► ACCUBATION childbirth; accouchement → 1879 
► AFTER-BURDEN the afterbirth → 1884 Eng. dial. 
► BABBY-JOB a midwifery case → 1890 Eng. dial.
► BABY BLUES postnatal depression → 1940 colloq.
► BAIRN-TIME the time of life for child-bearing → 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BED a women’s confinement → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEND confinement at childbirth  → 1297 obs.
► BIGGENNG the recovery of a woman after confinement → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLITHEMEAT food, bread and cheese, partaken of by visitors at the birth of a child → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLURRY a premature birth → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BORNING birth, delivery of a child → 1848 Amer. dial.
► CANNY MOMENT moment of childbirth → 1810 Sc.
► CHILD-FETCHING aiding in birth; delivering a child → 1931 Amer. dial.
► CHILDING child-bearing → 1943 Amer. dial.
► CRYING OUT childbirth → 1692 obs.
► DOWN-LYING the action of a woman taking to bed for the birth of a child; confinement → 1561 
► GANDER MONTH the month immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a husband temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity → 1636 
► GANDER-MOON  the period immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a man temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity → L18 sl.
► GENERAL MUSTER childbirth → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY SCRAPE childbirth → 1954 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY TROUBLE childbirth → 1974 Amer. dial.
► I-BORENESSE birth → 1225 obs.
► INCREASE the birth of a child; an addition to a family by the birth of a child → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► INCREASEMENT the pains of labour → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► INLYING a lying-in, confinement in childbed → 1734 Sc.
► LAUNCH childbirth, esp. the actual labour → L18 sl.
► LYING-IN the being in childbed; accouchement → 1440 
► MAIEUSIOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of childbirth → 1991 (Bk.)
► MUSTER childbirth → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NETTLE-BED where male babies come from → 1875 juvenile usage
► OBSTETRICATION the action or office of a midwife; delivery → 1615 obs.
► OBSTETRICOGRAPHY the scientific description of midwifery → 1828 
► OBSTETRICY midwifery; the practice of obstetrics → 1841 
► OUR LADY’S BANDS confinement’ at childbirth; accouchement → 1495 obs.
► PAINS-OF-PEG labour pains → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARSLEY-BED where female babies come from → 1875 juvenile usage
► POLYTOKY the condition of having borne many children → 1702 obs.
► PUSH PRESENT a gift given to a woman shortly after she has given birth, typically by her spouse or partner → 1992 orig. US
► RABBIT-PULLING obstetrics → L19 medical students’ usage
► RANGELING the premonitory pains of childbirth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOW a small mass of blood-tinged mucus indicating the onset of labour → 16C colloq.
► SHOWERS pains experienced during childbirth; labour pains → 1350 Sc.
► TEEMING-TIME the time of parturition → 1790 Eng. dial.
► THROES labour pangs → 1250
► THRONGS the pain of childbirth → 1545 obs.
► TOCOPHOBIA ► TOKOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of childbirth → 1991 (Bk.)
► VENTER a single occasion of child-bearing → 1657 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON 
► ACCOUCHEUR a man who assists women in childbirth, a man-midwife; until the adoption of ‘accoucheuse’ it was used of both sexes → 1759 
► ACCOUCHEUSE a midwife → 1847 
► BREEDER a woman who produces many children → 1899 Amer. dial.
► DOULA a person, typically an experienced mother, who provides emotional support, practical help, and advice to a woman during pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks after birth → M20 
► LADY IN THE STRAW a woman in childbed → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MAN-MIDWIFE a man who assists women in childbirth; an accoucheur → 1625 
► OBSTETRIX a midwife; a woman obstetrician; a woman who renders professional aid to women in labour → 1839 
► PRIMIP a female who is giving or has given birth for the first time; one who is pregnant for the first time → 1927 
► PRIMIPARA a female who is giving or has given birth for the first time; one who is pregnant for the first time → 1833 

PHRASES
► ABOUT TO FIND PUPS about to give birth; pregnant → 20C US sl.
► ACCOUCHEUR in childbed → 1759 sl. 

VERBS
► ACCOUCHE to assist or deliver women in childbirth; to act as a midwife or accoucheur → 1867 
► BE SICK to have a baby → 1959 Amer. dial.
► BESTOW to put a woman to bed in childbirth →1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BETEEM to give birth to → 1855 
► BIGGEN to recover strength after lying-in → 1811 Eng. dial.
► BREED to be pregnant; to give birth → 1912 Amer. dial. 
► BRING to give birth to; to assist at the birth of → 1843 Amer. dial.
► BRING A-BED to deliver of a child → 1523 obs.
► CARRY THE GRINDSTONE to fetch the doctor to one’s wife at her confinement → 1898 (Bk.)
► CAST to give birth to; to bear young; to lay eggs, to deposit spawn → 1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CATCH to assist in the delivery of a baby → 1928 Amer. dial.
► CRY OUT to be in childbirth → 1623 obs.
► DOMINO to give birth → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DROP A BUNDLE ► DROP YOUR BUNDLE to give birth → 1948 NZ sl.
► DROP A SPROG to give birth  → 1987 UK sl.
► FALL ABOUT to be confined; said of a woman → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FALL BY to be confined in child-bed → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FALL IN TWO to give birth to a child → 1788 Sc. obs.
► FALL TO PIECES to go into labour; to give birth to a child → 1781 Sc. obs.
► FIND to give birth to; used esp. of animals, but also occasionally of people → 1902 Amer. dial. euphemism
► GO DOWN to take to childbed → 1928 Amer. dial.
► GO TO PIECES to be brought to childbed → M19 colloq.
► GRANNY to perform the services of a midwife; to act as a midwife for; to assist in the delivery of a child → 1897 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY-WIFE to perform the services of a midwife; to act as a midwife for; to assist in the delivery of a child → 1960 Amer. dial.
► HANAU to give birth → 1967 Hawaii
► HATCH ► HATCH OUT to give birth; to carry an unborn child; to be born → 1929 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► HAVE to give birth to → 1860 Eng. dial.
► HAVE ONE’S BED to give birth to a child, to ‘lie in’ → 1848 obs.
► KEN  to conceive; to give birth to → 1000 obs.
► LAY A GREAT BELLY to deliver a child → 1712 
► LIE DOWN to be brought to bed for childbirth → L16 euphemism
► MAKE to give birth to young; said of a mother; of a father: to beget → 1362 obs.
► MUSTER to give birth → 1774 Amer. dial.
► OBSTETRICATE to act as midwife; to aid in childbirth → 1623 obs.
► OWN to give birth to → 1952 Amer. dial.
► PART WITH PATRICK to give birth to prematurely; to abort → 1883 Eng. dial.
► PIG to give birth; said of woman → 1660 obs., chiefly derogatory
► PIP to give birth; said of a woman → 1973 colloq.
► PISS BONES ► PISS BONES HARD to be brought to childbed → 19C colloq., obs.
► PISS CHILDREN ► PISS CHILDREN HARD to be brought to childbed → 19C colloq., obs.
► PISS HARD to be brought to childbed → 19C colloq.
► PUT TO BED to give birth → 1973 
► RUN THE PADFOOT RACE to run and fetch the doctor when a woman is taken in labour → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPROG of a woman: to give birth → 1967 
► TUMBLE IN PIECES ► TUMBLE TO PIECES to give birth to a child → 1818 Amer. dial.