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What (who) is lying-in - definition
OLD CHILDBIRTH PRACTICE
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![[[Richard Dagley]]'s illustration "Taking caudle" of [[Thomas Gaspey]]'s poem. The new mother reclines in a four-poster bed, recouping her energy. A member of the household sits at the foot of the bed, entertaining a visitor, who keeps her bonnet on; both of them are drinking caudle. A maidservant shows the baby to the visitor, while a dog and cat look on.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takings, or, The life of a collegian - a poem (1821) (14778349622).jpg?width=200 "[[Richard Dagley]]'s illustration \"Taking caudle\" of [[Thomas Gaspey]]'s poem. The new mother reclines in a four-poster bed, recouping her energy. A member of the household sits at the foot of the bed, entertaining a visitor, who keeps her bonnet on; both of them are drinking caudle. A maidservant shows the baby to the visitor, while a dog and cat look on.")
Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement.
lying-in
¦ noun archaic seclusion before and after childbirth.
lying in
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Lying in (disambiguation)
Childbirth.
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Lying-in
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Lying-in is the term given to the European forms of postpartum confinement, the traditional practice involving long bed rest before and after giving birth. The term and the practice it describes are old-fashioned or archaic, but lying-in used to be considered an essential component of the postpartum period, even if there were no medical complications during childbirth.
Examples of use of lying-in
1. Now he was lying in hospital fighting for his life.
2. Flies buzz around bodies still lying in the streets.
3. An overturned bucket of excrement is lying in front.
4. Armstrong hasn‘t cracked –– though his competitors are lying in wait.
5. They claimed that it was lying in the GHQ, Rawalpindi.