birthing room

noun

: a comfortably furnished hospital room where both labor and delivery take place and in which the baby usually remains during the hospital stay

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By this time, hospital births had become the norm, and partners were not invited to the birthing room. Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 22 July 2024 Without an advocate in the birthing room, parents-to-be may be subjected to a lower standard of care based on misconceptions about Black bodies — the assumption that Black people have high blood pressure, for example. Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 14 May 2023 Currently, the territory has just four birthing rooms at the hospital in Iqaluit and no dedicated pediatric beds — not nearly enough to serve the increasing number of pregnancies, and mothers who would much prefer to give birth close to home. Kelly Grant/the Globe and Mail (canada), San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023 Getting doulas in the birthing rooms of Black parents-to-be means taking on financial and cultural battles, Collins said. Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 14 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for birthing room 

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of birthing room was in 1974

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“Birthing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthing%20room. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

birthing room

noun
: a comfortably furnished hospital room where both labor and delivery take place and in which the baby usually remains during the hospital stay
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