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birthing center

American  
[bur-thing sen-ter] / ˈbɜr θɪŋ ˌsɛn tər /

noun

  1. a medical facility for the labor and childbirth experience in a family-friendly, homelike environment.


Etymology

Origin of birthing center

First recorded in 1975–80

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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

Natasha Downing was planning to deliver her baby at a birthing center but her unborn child just couldn’t wait.

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

The whole birthing center felt tropically humid, even though it was forty degrees outside.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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