delivery room

noun

: a special room in a hospital where women give birth to babies

Examples of delivery room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Susan Seidelman is in the delivery room, in labor with her son. Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 June 2024 As the countdown to 2024 began, everyone in the delivery room, from doctors to nurses to the baby’s parents, were well aware the infant stood a strong chance of being the first birth of the new year in the city’s public hospital system. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024 From the moment he was handed to me in the delivery room, Alex, my firstborn, seemed not happy to be here. Victoria Costello, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2012 The other day my mother brought up the idea of bringing her dog with her into the delivery room while my wife gives birth. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024 This prompted him to be in the delivery room with his partner Paloma Jiménez during the birth and cut Hania’s umbilical cord. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024 The hospital will not allow a dog in the delivery room. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024 The couple shared the happy news in a joint post on Instagram, posting a few photos from their delivery room. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024 The fetus’s heart had stopped beating but the doctors moved her into the delivery room anyway. TIME, 13 Oct. 2023

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Medical Definition

delivery room

noun
: a hospital room especially equipped for the delivery of pregnant women
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