birth pangs

birth pangs

plural noun
1.
pains associated with the process of childbirth.
2.
Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying a major innovation, change, or new venture.

Origin:
1885–90
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birth pangs

noun
a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth 
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