delivery room
Where babies arrive
A delivery room is the hospital room where women give birth.
The term emphasizes the medical setting and professional assistance: She was in the delivery room for six hours.
In casual use, delivery room often appears in stories about births: The father fainted in the delivery room.
Infant just delivered
- contractionsShortened word forms
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- placentaFetal nourishment organ
umbilical · midwife · obstetrician · crowning · pushing · dilation · forceps · incubator
Medical treatment facility
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- scrubsMedical staff uniform
- gownLong formal garment
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
surgery · operating table · resuscitation · clamps · scalpel · incision · monitoring · obstetrics
Forming close connections
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
- comfortEase or soothing relief
tenderness · attachment · warmth · protection · gentle touch · lullaby · cooing
Act of reaching destination
- first breathNewborn's opening gasp
- first cryNewborn's initial vocalization
- birth announcementNotice of newborn's arrival
- genesisPoint of creation
new life · threshold · emergence · dawn · new chapter
newborn
Infant just delivered
- contractionsShortened word forms
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
placenta · umbilical · midwife · obstetrician · crowning · pushing · dilation · forceps · incubator · fetal monitor
hospital
Medical treatment facility
anesthesia · surgery · operating table · resuscitation · clamps · scalpel · incision · monitoring · obstetrics · anesthesiologist
bonding
Forming close connections
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
comfort · tenderness · attachment · warmth · protection · gentle touch · lullaby · cooing
arrival
Act of reaching destination
- first breathNewborn's opening gasp
- first cryNewborn's initial vocalization
- birth announcementNotice of newborn's arrival
new life · genesis · threshold · emergence · dawn · new chapter
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, midwife, obstetrician, OB-GYN, contractions
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- gendered spacesfraternity, sorority, fraternity house, sorority house, womens college
delivery roommorgue
Corpse holding facility
death chamber · funeral home · crematorium · execution chamber · deathbed
room, deliver, delivery, delivered, delivering, roommate, rooming, deliveries, deliverer