labourBritish and Australian, American and Australian labor(BIRTH)phoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticphoneticnoun
the last stage of pregnancy from the time when the muscles of the womb start to push the baby out of the body until the baby appears
labour pains
the labour ward
She went into (=started) labour at twelve o'clock last night. [U]
I was in labour for twelve hours with my first baby. [U]
No two labours are ever the same. [C]
Cambridge International Dictionary of English