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Meaning lying-in meaning

What does lying-in mean?

— noun (= labor, labour) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child she was in labor for six hours

What other words have the same or similar meaning as lying-in?

confinement labor childbed travail parturition parturiency labour maternity delivery childbirth child birth birth accouchement

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