parturiency

Noun

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
• Parturition
• Gestation.
• A process or quality that brings forth something new.
• A phase in the therapeutic process in which feelings dominate over understanding, in which the client seems to relive emotions and to lack clarity.

Synonyms

childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, travail