Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Childbearing \Child"bear`ing\, n.
   The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.
   --Milton. Addison.

Source : WordNet®

childbearing
     adj : relating to or suitable for childbirth; "of childbearing
           age"
     n : the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
         process of giving birth to a child [syn: {childbirth}, {accouchement},
          {vaginal birth}]