the state of being a mother; motherhood.

motherly quality; motherliness.

a section of a hospital devoted to the care of women at childbirth and of their newborn infants.

of, pertaining to, or for the period in which a woman is pregnant or has just given birth to a child.

for mothers during and after childbirth or for the care of their newborn babies

a maternity hospital.

for wear by pregnant women

maternity clothes.

noun

paternity

noun

gestation , maternology , motherhood , parenthood , childbearing , pregnancy