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Noun: lying-in (lyings-in)  'lI-ing'in
  1. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
    - parturiency, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], confinement, travail [literary], childbed [archaic]

Derived forms: lyings-in

Type of: birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition

Part of: gestation, maternity, pregnancy

Encyclopedia: Lying-in

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