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birthing center

[bur-thing sen-ter] / ˈbɜr θɪŋ ˌsɛn tər /
NOUN
delivery room
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Inpatient hospice facilities have the atmosphere of a bed-and-breakfast, or a birthing center, but for the dying.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2025

At Hillsdale Hospital in southern Michigan, a 65% increase in respiratory illness activity in late December triggered a limitation to visitors in the birthing center.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

The twins pair up with a morally bankrupt big pharma family to open a state-of-the-art birthing center that promises to put the well-being of women and their children ahead of all else.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Q: The film also follows Felicia Ellis, a Black woman in Oklahoma who gives birth in a birthing center.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

“Shouldn’t you like lie down or go to the birthing center or something?”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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