bearing down


bear·ing down

(bār'ing down), Expulsive effort of a parturient woman in the second stage of labor.

bear·ing down

(bār'ing down) Expulsive effort of a parturient woman in the second stage of labor.

bearing down

1. The pains experienced in the second stage of labour. 2. The expulsive effort made by a woman in contracting the abdominal muscles and diaphragm in labour. 3. A sense of something descending in the pelvis experienced by women with PROLAPSE of the womb.