birthing room

noun
a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
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birthing room n.
An area of a hospital or outpatient medical facility equipped for labor, delivery, and recovery and designed as a homelike environment.

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