woman in labor, woman who has been/is in process of being delivered of child
Latin word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.337: Hinc quoque Iunonem fugisse puerpera fertur
Horace, Carmina 4.5.23: laudantur simili prole puerperae,
Terence, Adelphi 5.7.922: Quam illam puerperam nunc duci huc per viam
All forms of puerpera