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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Beverly — the reserved, compassionate one who wears her hair back — wants to “change the way women birth, forever” by opening a revolutionary birthing center.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2023

A former labor and delivery nurse from Boston, Mitchell wants to open Birth Sanctuary Gainesville, a free-standing birthing center for those who don’t want to have their child in a hospital.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 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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