Labor and birth pains

Words related to labor and birth pains.

• What general words refer to the process leading up to birth?
  labor
• What words refer to the feelings a woman has when she thinks she is beginning to go into labor?
  false labor early labor
• What are the signs that a woman is going into labor?
  break the waters
• What words refer to the contractions of the muscles of the uterus?
  contraction push bear down
• What words refer to labor pains?
  labor pains birth pain birth pangs throe
• What do women do while suffering birth pains?
  groan cry out