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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural lyings-in or lying-ins) Date: 15th century the state attending and consequent to childbirth ; confinement

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lying-in Ly"ing-in", n. 1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement. 2. The act of bearing a child.