Lying-in

One bright morning in the Chicago Lying-in Hospital, a man named Edward

Boing Boing 2007

Those horrid words, that ‘seven to one on the Lying-in,’ still rang in his ears; were the chances really seven to one against his getting his legacy?

The Three Clerks 2004

‘Seven to one on the Lying-in,’ were the last words which reached his ears as the door of his room closed behind him.

The Three Clerks 2004

Once more he sat in the theatre, the breathless spectator of famous surgical operations; or as house-surgeon to the Lying-in Hospital himself assisted in daring attempts to lessen suffering and save life.

Australia Felix 2003

I beg leave to observe that I make these statements with some confidence as the result of personal inquiries instituted a few years ago among the patients of two of the Lying-in Establishments of this metropolis.

Remarks on the Subject of Lactation Edward Morton

Hints to Mothers on the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

And verily if the good woman had not this or some such sort of delight, where should we find the pleasures of marriage? for in the first Lying-in of the husband there was no looking for them.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

And then you may e'en clap it all together upon the account of a Lying-in.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

_The Husband grows Pipsy; and keeps the first Lying-in: Takes the

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

The traditional custom of doing so has given to the first few weeks following delivery the popular name, "the Lying-in Period."

The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy 1912