Birth Pangs, Hard Birth Pangs/ labour pains
Labor pains. In question: difficult and strenuous until the matter is resolved.
("The pains of childbirth will come upon him, he is a foolish son, for he will not stand in the midst of the children" - Hosea 13:13, and so: "For her pains will be turned upon her - as if they were turned and rolled upon her, and the pains of childbirth with the pains of a bad report, and the strength of her pains will be like pain and childbirth" - Radak Samuel 1:49)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֶבְלֵי לֵידָה, חֶבְלֵי לֵידָה קָשִׁים
Definition (Hebrew)
צִירֵי לֵידָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: קְשָׁיִים וּמַאֲמַצִּים עַד שֶׁהַדָּבָר הִתְבַּצֵּעַ.
("חֶבְלֵי יוֹלֵדָה יָבֹאוּ לוֹ הוּא בֵן לֹא חָכָם כִּי עֵת לֹא יַעֲמֹד בְּמִשְׁבַּר בָּנִים"- הוֹשֵׁעַ יג יג, וְכֵן:"כִּי נֶהֶפְכוּ עָלֶיהָ צִרֶיהָ - כְּלוֹמַר נֶהֶפְכוּ וְנִתְגַּלְגְּלוּ עָלֶיהָ צִיר וְחֶבְלֵי הַלֵּדָה עִם חֶבְלֵי הַשְּׁמוּעָה הָרָעָה וּמְחֻזָּק צִירֶיהָ כָּרְעָה וְיָלְדָה"- רָדָ"ק שְׁמוּאֵל א ד יט)