confinement

(n) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- she was in labor for six hours
childbed, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor,
(n) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
(n) the state of being confined
- he was held in confinement
(n) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- the restriction of the infection to a focal area
restriction,

childbed lying-in parturiency travail labour labor restriction