The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Childbirth \Child"birth\, n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
childbirth n 1: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth]