live birth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofliveandbirth
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live
adjective
uk/laɪv/us/laɪv/
having ...
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birth
noun
uk/bɜːθ/us/bɝːθ/
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its ...
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(Definition ofliveandbirthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To maximize the likelihood of alivebirth, multiple embryos have been implanted to enhancelivebirthrates.
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The firstlivebirthis defined as the event.
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If the answer was no, the age of the lastlivebirth(surviving child) was determined.
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Many of the reported studies refer to retrospective reviews oflivebirthrecords.
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It may end in alivebirthto be followed by breast or artificial feeding.
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Pregnancy andlivebirthrates per cycle started were determined based on 1-year increments.
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For those who had alivebirthconcordance over the use of instruments to help the delivery was even better.
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Among those who had alivebirth, hospital admissions were reported more often by women than recorded by doctors.
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In the previous studies 'livebirthorder' was used, while in the present analyses we use 'gravidity'.
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They had not expected alivebirth.
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Why was the child not registered as alivebirth?
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The later data are in respect of women who have had no previouslivebirthbut may have had one or more stillbirths.
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Between 36-40 years the chance of alivebirthfalls to 26% and further to 15% when aged over 40 years.
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Most of them therefore planned an additional pregnancy within a short interval in a continuing effort to achieve alivebirth.
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Thus, if alivebirthoccurred within 7 months after discontinuation of the method, the pregnancy was considered to be the result of contraceptive failure.
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They did this for all but 4% of those who had alivebirthand for all but 11% of those who had a stillbirth.
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If there was anylivebirthduring the use or within 7 months after the discontinuation of use, it was considered as a failure.
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The chance of alivebirthis 34-36% between 26-35 years with 97-98% of those live births being conceived with the woman's own eggs.
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Additionally, among those women who do initiate another pregnancy, those whose earlier birth was alivebirthhave, on average, longer intervals to the next birth.
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