painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.

pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.

the pain of childbirth.

to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.

to toil or exert oneself.

noun

drudgery , moil , toil , work , accouchement , birthing , childbearing , childbirth , delivery , labor , lying-in , parturition , agony , anguish , distress , effort , exertion , pains , pangs , stress , struggle , suffering , tribulation , woe

verb

drive , fag , moil , strain , strive , sweat , toil , tug , work