A lioness is typically in labor for 2-4 hours before giving birth to her cubs.
When performing this procedure on a person you can lose the mother that's giving birth, or the child in which birth is being giving to.
parturition labor
Kitting, or labor
A rabbit's birth process is called kindling. :)
It's called labor & delivery.
In order to begin the process of giving birth to a baby, the women goes into labor for the baby to move downwards into the birth canal ready to push it out.
When a woman goes in to LABOR it means that she's about to give birth . Which means that her baby or babies are ready for delivery.
Work, activity, job, chore, strive, or sweat, for labor as in work. Childbirth or delivery, for labor as in giving birth.
to labor = amal (עמל) or avad (עבד) labor (noun), as in work = avodah (אבודה) or melachah (מלאכה) labor (as in giving birth) = leidah (לידה)
Question should be: Can a rat in labor delay birth if it's preoccupied with the first pup?
They aren't as stressed as a normal women giving birth, and they aren't in as much pain as a normal women giving birth. (This question is only asked at Niles West)