maternity

Definition:
1. The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.
2. The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother.
3. The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother.

Use 'maternity' in a sentence:

1. Reportedly, the average salary of a maternity matron is 9405 yuan per month in Shanghai, much higher than that of a graduate from the class of 2014.
2. The UK allows up to 52 weeks of maternity leave, compared with 12 weeks in the US.
3. Morisot had experienced maternity herself.
4. What will you cut back on in your spending while you’re on maternity leave?
5. Certain styles can even be worn as a maternity dress.
6. Because the 1972 EEOC ruling was contested in court, the ruling won press attention that popularized maternity-leave policies.
7. It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been filling in during maternity leave.
8. Similarly, single mothers were far more likely to take a very short maternity leave.
9. Outlook for the Sustainable Development of the Maternity Insurance System for Workers in Chinese Enterprises.
10. Is your belly starting to bust out of maternity clothes yet?
11. Did you take maternity leave?
12. Do I take maternity leave and then come back?
13. Analysis of the Maternity Death Status and Research of Intervention Strategies in the Poor Rural Areas.
14. I couldn't postpone our talk much longer-I had to start wearing maternity dresses.
15. I was first to ask for maternity leave.
16. I am on my maternity leave.
17. This is one of the dirty secrets of the maternity industry.
18. Almost all rich countries provide paid maternity leave, averaging about 20 weeks.
19. Strengthen the social medical management to promote development of the maternity and child health work.
20. Observation and thinking of situation of maternity and child hygiene in Japan.
21. My wife's maternity leave is close to an end.
22. So, the maternity swimsuit is a fairly essential bit of kit.
23. I am six weeks into my maternity leave with my second child.
24. Analysis on present state and requirement of talents in maternity and child health care organizations.
25. Maternity photos are typically taken to celebrate the new life that is being welcomed into the world.
26. It is also a common anaesthetic, used by dentists and in maternity wards.
27. Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave.
28. Medical Experts System of Maternity Hospital of Changchun City.
29. Maternity insurance is a public policy with special significance of gender.
30. Type of product, i.e. children's wear, maternity, etc.
31. The pregnant woman looked forward to her maternity.
32. The second part of the legal validity of a small maternity ward analysis.
33. Chapter 3: The problem of our maternity insurance system.
34. Results The standard values of indicators for maternity care quality evaluation was successfully established.
35. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.
36. Finland provides three years of maternity leave and subsidized day care to parents, and preschool for all five-year-olds.
37. It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave.
38. Gong Xingfang, an experienced maternity matron in Shanghai, says she can earn 14000 yuan ($ 2252) a month now and anyone who wants to hire her has to make an appointment half a year in advance.
39. X League proposed legal act to protect women rights during maternity which was paradoxical in terms of feminist movement taking place later.
40. Operation of Utilizing World Bank Loan to Improve Rural Maternity and Child Hygiene Service.
41. Those $300 maternity pants only fit for about four to five months.
42. Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.
43. She makes maternity clothes.
44. The U.S. is also the only advanced economy that does not guarantee workers paid vacation time, and it's one of only two countries in the world that does not offer guaranteed paid maternity leave.
45. The scientists recruit parents and children for their work from maternity wards.
46. The planned closure of a local maternity ward is a hot topic.
47. At the time, kindred were linked together chiefly through the band of their maternity.
48. Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.
49. Maternity services were to be reduced as a consequence of falling birth rates.
50. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
51. Employers did create maternity-leave programs in the 1970's and 1980's, but not as a purely voluntary response in the absence of any government mandate.
52. To qualify for maternity leave you must have worked for the same employer for two years.
53. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
54. In the district hospital's maternity ward, a wrinkled old woman walks out holding a just-born girl wrapped in a dirty rag like an unwelcome present.