lying-in

adj : having to do with birth; "a birthing center"; "birthing

counselor"; "a lying-in hospital" [syn: {birthing}]

n : concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to

the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

[syn: {parturiency}, {labor}, {labour}, {confinement}, {travail},

{childbed}]