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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

The whole birth was captured on the Downings’ doorbell camera, which shows her squatting and delivering the newborn next to the suitcase and bag her husband had packed for her for the birthing center.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

But Chief Compliance Officer Joanie Perkins is angling to add a birthing center, hopefully with doulas and midwives.

From Seattle Times Jun. 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

Even if he weren’t, he’d been born in a birthing center, not a hospital, so there was no chance of an accidental baby swapping.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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