Birth-pangs


pains associated with the process of childbirth.
Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying a major innovation, change, or new venture.
Historical Examples

The Drunkard Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Ann Veronica H. G. Wells
Idolatry Julian Hawthorne
The Secret Life Elizabeth Bisland
Roads from Rome Anne C. E. Allinson
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle
The Maid-At-Arms Robert W. Chambers
House of Torment Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Socialism and Democracy in Europe Samuel P. Orth

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