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Noun: labor pains
Usage: US (elsewhere: labour pains)
  1. A regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
    "Her labor pains intensified as she neared the final stages of delivery";
    - birth pangs, labour pains [Brit, Cdn]
Noun: labor pain
Usage: US (elsewhere: labour pain)
  1. Pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor
    "Her labor pains intensified as she neared delivery";
    - labour pain [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: hurting, pain, pang

Encyclopedia: Labor pains

Labor pain