confinement

Plural: confinements

Noun

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
• the state of being confined
  • "he was held in confinement"
• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
• The act of confining or the state of being confined.
• Lying-in, time of giving birth.
• lockdown

Synonyms

childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, restriction, travail, birthing