birthing center
Americannoun
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
As they approach the day of delivery, even while heading toward a patient-centered birthing center, their whole experience is nerve-racking in ways it shouldn’t be — thereby making this movie’s point.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2022
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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