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birthing center

A medical facility, often associated with a hospital, that is designed to provide a comfortable, homelike setting during childbirth and that is generally less restrictive than a hospital in its regulations, as in permitting midwifery or allowing family members or friends to attend the delivery. See Regional Note at birth.

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birth birthing			Alanna had been due to give birth at the Huddersfield Birth Centre, but had to be taken to Calderdale when late tests revealed Maisie's heart rate was dangerously low. Baby joy for hospital campaign couple by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The report found that 89% of women live in areas that realistically do not offer the choice of a home birth with a midwife, and more than 40% live in areas without reasonable access to both a birth centre and an obstetric unit in a hospital. MORE than 95% of women [...] by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) A stand alone midwifery-led birth centre would be developed within Sandwell for low-risk births along with antenatal care and routine screening in Sandwell. Maternity care plans; HEALTH: Sandwell and Birmingham option by Birmingham Mail (England)			Birgitta biriani birk Birkbeck Birken Birkenhead Birkenstock birkie birl Birlaw birle birling Birman Birmingham birn Biro Birobidzhan Birostrate birr birretta Birrus Birse Birt birth birth canal Birth centre birth certificate birth control birth control device birth control pill birth defect birth family birth father birth mother birth name birth pang birth pangs birth parent birth prevention birth rate birth trauma birth weight birth-control campaigner birth-control reformer birthdate birthday birthday cake birthday card birthday gift Birthday honours birthday party			Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome BIRTC BIRTE birth birth birth birth birth birth Birth abnormality Birth abnormality Birth After Caesarean: Unlimited Possibilities Birth and Adoption Unemployment Compensation Birth and death process Birth and Death Registration Act Birth and Early Parenting Educators Birth at home Birth ball Birth Brother birth canal birth canal birth canal birth canal Birth center Birth center Birth centers Birth centers Birth centre birth certificate birth certificate birth certificate birth certificate birth certificate Birth certificates Birth certificates Birth chart Birth chart Birth chart Birth chart Birth chart birth charts birth charts birth charts birth charts birth charts birth cohort birth cohort birth cohort birth cohort birth control birth control birth control birth control birth control birth control Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau birth control device birth control device

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birthing center (redirected from Birth centre)

birthing center
(redirected from Birth centre)