lying-in

Noun

ly=ing-in

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lying-in(n = noun.state) childbed, confinement, labor, labour, parturiency, travail - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

has parts: uterine contraction, effacement, asynclitism, obliquity

is a kind of birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition

is a part of gestation, maternity, pregnancy

has particulars: premature labor, premature labour

lying-in, n.

The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement; as, a lying-in hospital. [1913 Webster]
The act of bearing a child. [1913 Webster]