Definition: lying-in

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Lying-in \Ly"ing-in"\, n.
   1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth;
      confinement.

   2. The act of bearing a child.