Definition of "birth pangs" []

• Plural form of birth pang. (noun)
• The difficulty associated with a new project. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "These birth pangs of Christianity.…were nevertheless real labour pains on the part of Christendom’s mother, the expiring religion of ancient Egypt."
• "Tyria had been wracked by such terrible birth pangs before."