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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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given birth to a baby / a daughter / a son

Can I say,

I heard Mrs Wong has given birth to a baby / a daughter / a son.

She gave birth to a baby / a daughter / a son
  

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Hi Teo, "Giving birth to". Hmm. I think theremust be another good way of saying this but I can't find now.

  • Hi Teo, "Giving birth to".
  • Hmm.
  • I think theremust be another good way of saying this but I can't find now.
  • If you don't now the *** of the baby, use "baby", if you know choose "a boy" or" a girl" not "a daughte"r or "a son".
  • " "Oh, really.
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Hi Teo,

"Giving birth to". Hmm. I think theremust be another good way of saying this but I can't find now.

If you don't now the *** of the baby, use "baby", if you know choose "a boy" or" a girl" not "a daughte"r or "a son".

"Did you hear that Linda give birth to a girl?"

"Oh, really. I am happy for her. She has a daughter now!".
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Doll"Giving birth to". Hmm. I think theremust be another good way of saying this but I can't find now.
To give birth to" is fine, or, you could just use "had":
Did you hear Linda gave birth / became a mum / h
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I don't see anything wrong with given birth to a son/daughter.

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Thank you Huevos, "to become a mum" sounds nice to me. Emotion: smile
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'given birth to a baby' is the only one that sounds odd to me - what else could she give birth to? (Unless she wants to earn a $100,000,000 selling her story to the press, lol).

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