Bert and I struggling with cost of child birth (9)
I believe the answer is:
obstetric
'bert and i struggling with cost of child birth' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'bert and i struggling with cost' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'struggling with' is an anagram indicator.
'bert' after 'i' is 'ibert'.
'ibert' anagrammed with 'cost' gives 'OBSTETRIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obstetric that I've seen before include "Reproductive" , "Managing birth" , "dealing with babies" , "of maternity care" , "for pregnant woman?" .)