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means The act or process of being pregnant with and giving birth to a child.
from A straightforward compound from Old English roots — 'child' plus 'bearing,' the carrying sense of the verb 'to bear' (as in bearing weight or bearing a burden), which traces back to a very old Germanic and ultimately Indo-European root meaning to carry. The same 'bear' shows up in 'bear fruit' and 'born,' all circling the same ancient idea of carrying something to its outcome.
- legal term
- appears in constitutions more than love does
- peak age myth
- fertility drops gradually, not off a cliff at 35
- etymology
- literally means carrying, long before carrying was optional
- global range
- average age at first birth spans decades across countries