in labor

[of a woman] experiencing the pains and exertion of childbirth. Susan was in labor for nearly eight hours. As soon as she had been in labor for an hour, she went to the hospital.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Goddard	GAHD-ərd	English (Rare)
Becky	BEK-ee	English
Mchumba	-	Eastern African, Swahili
ÓRlaith	OR-la	Irish
Alikhan	-	Kazakh
Avinash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada