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A birthing center or centre is a healthcare facility, staffed by nurse- midwives, midwives and/or obstetricians, for mothers in labor, who may be assisted by doulas and coaches. By attending the laboring mother, the doulas can assist the midwives and make the birth easier. The midwives monitor the labor, and well-being of the mother and fetus during birth. Should additional medical assistance be required the mother can be transferred to a hospital. Some hospitals are now adding birth centers to their facilities as an alternative to the high tech maternity wards commonly found at most hospitals.
A birth center presents a more home-like environment than a hospital labor ward, typically with more options during labor: food/drink, music, and the attendance of family and friends if desired. Other characteristics can also include non-institutional furniture such as queen-sized beds, large enough for both mother and father and perhaps birthing tubs or showers for water births. The decor is meant to emphasize the normality of birth. In a birth center, women are free to act more spontaneously during their birth, such as squatting, walking or performing other postures that assist in labor. Active birth is encouraged. The length of stay after a birth is shorter at a birth center; sometimes just 6 hours after birth the mother and infant can go home.
Usage examples of "birthing center".
All of us were born at home, not at the Panhagion birthing center, so you—.
All of us were born at home, not at the Panhagion birthing center, so you-that is, my sister Ornalia-was registered at the Temple at six months age, as all girls must be, but they don't have a DNA sample, as they would if you'd been born there, and Oram,he wasn't even registered, andhe's not required to make Temple visits, so why not go on being Oram?
An ambulance can get you from any point on Luna to a birthing center in twenty minutes.
A columbarium, or hatchery of some sort, dark and reeking of decay, putrefaction and gangrene-a birthing center for monsters.
Just something called a birthing center-a place for pregnant women who don't like the idea of being treated as though they were sick.