given birth to a baby / a daughter / a son

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	Vincent Teo  #542313  Wed, 16 Jul 08 12:29 PM 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    Vincent Teo Joined on Sat, Mar 31 2007 Senior Member (3,883)

	Doll  #542404  Wed, 16 Jul 08 03:21 PM 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 sex 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!".    Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Turkey Senior Member (2,516) I am a netizen!

	Huevos  #542410  Wed, 16 Jul 08 03:28 PM 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 / had a baby / has had another baby? She had a little girl.     Huevos Joined on Tue, Mar 25 2008 Spain Regular Member (527) British Native

	optilang  #542415  Wed, 16 Jul 08 03:33 PM I don't see anything wrong with given birth to a son/daughter. Books 1 - 10 of 624 on "given birth to a girl" Books 1 - 10 of 641 on "given birth to a boy" Books 1 - 10 of 806 on "given birth to a son" Books 1 - 10 of 702 on "given birth to a daughter"    optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member (2,171) OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

	Doll  #542457  Wed, 16 Jul 08 04:44 PM Thank you Huevos, "to become a mum" sounds nice to me.    Doll

	nona the brit  #542482  Wed, 16 Jul 08 06:12 PM '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).    nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member (11,347) The name says it all.