The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accouchement \Ac*couche"ment\ (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to
   be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier
   orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare
   to lay, put, place. See Collate.]
   Delivery in childbed
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accouchement
    n 1: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
         process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth,
         childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth]