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birthing center

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birthing center
n.
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.


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About the time we were ready to conceive and our fixer-upper was nearly fixed up, we attended preconception information sessions at a reputable birthing center in Bethesda, Maryland, 20 minutes from our home.
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His charitable activities include annual medical missions to Haiti where he established feeding programs and a birthing center (that now averages 250 deliveries each month) and the development of a free clinic for children of River Rouge who are from families with income below the poverty level.
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SIMI VALLEY - The Whole Woman Natural Birthing Center has opened a licensed breast milk bank in Simi Valley to serve Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley.
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