labor pains
Delivery room agony
Labor pains are the painful uterine contractions that occur during childbirth, intensifying as delivery approaches.
The term extends figuratively to any difficult early stages of bringing something into being: The new department experienced the usual labor pains before finding its footing.
- bearing downApplying forceful pressure
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- contractionReduction in size
- birthComing into the world
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
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- childbirthcontractions, pushing, dilation, birth, crowning
- laborwork, workers, hard work, employment, effort
- biblical punishmentsplagues, stoning, banishment, pestilence, destruction
- muscle movementscontraction, flexion, extension, twitch, spasm
presence/absence of sensation
labor painscomfort
Ease or soothing relief
pain relief · numbness · anesthesia · ease · relaxation
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