be in labour BrE
be in labor AmE

A 26 year old woman was in labour for the second time.

An adult woman had been in labour for more than two days with her third child.

This happened long before dawn, and she was in labour all day.

Two women were in labour at the time and the place was something of a mad house.

My wife is in labour and I would visit her."

My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished!

Of course, they'd remember Donna's mother because she was in labour such a long time, and they were all worried about her.

My wife was in labour for 10 hours before finally giving birth to our twin girls.

This reached my father after some time, while my mother was in labour with me.

I'd heard stories of women being in labour for twelve or fifteen hours with their first child so I was quite pleased.

The mare had been in labour now for several hours and was weary to the point of exhaustion.

The 25-year-old woman in the cubicle was found to be in labour.

But since this is Clearwater's first child, she'll probably be in labour for several hours.

Clara had just been born then, and now, more or less on schedule, Hana was in labour again.

The barmaid who was in labour under those unfortunate circumstances, delivered a child.

She is in labour with her third pregnancy.

By the time the Line was replaced my mother was in labour.'

She went to the hospital to get checked out and they told her she was in labour".

Throughout that Sunday I was in labour, and feeling horribly alone.

However she was in labour with Apollo for nine days and nine nights.

After the mother had been in labour for 22 hours, the defendant used forceps to assist the delivery.

The people at the Life Institute tell me a woman can be in labour for anything up to eighteen hours."

I think my mother is in labour.

The friendly but incompetent Bertram welcomes him, although his wife is in labour with their first child.

For most of that time she was in labour and great pain, she told an inquest this afternoon.

She was in labor with the baby for 27 hours.

Nine patients were in labor when the power went out.

A 26 year old woman was in labour for the second time.

How long had she been in labor, let alone unconscious?

Last month I went repeatedly to talk to women who were in labor at 23 weeks.

My mother was in labor and the old man didn't want to stop.

Something went wrong with the anesthesia while she was in labor.

An adult woman had been in labour for more than two days with her third child.

She found not to be in labor, but ordered to remain on bed rest.

This happened long before dawn, and she was in labour all day.

Two women were in labour at the time and the place was something of a mad house.

"That girl is in labor, and her mother wants you to deliver it."

If you had been in labor for 24 hours or more, pushed an average of a 7 lb.

While she was in labor, he received a call from Cirque.

I was in labor for several hours, then they gave me an epidural.

She had been in labor for four hours, and her face was covered with perspiration.

"It was difficult to get her to go even when she was in labor."

Apparently they are afraid that the woman is in labor and might give birth before she gets to the hospital.

My wife is in labour and I would visit her."

My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished!

At the same time, Ashley believed that she was in labor despite nothing happening.

This began the custom of giving a rope to a woman who is in labor.

Of course, they'd remember Donna's mother because she was in labour such a long time, and they were all worried about her.

The first time he passed, he heard that his wife was in labor.

My wife was in labour for 10 hours before finally giving birth to our twin girls.