labor and delivery
Where babies arrive
Labor and delivery is the hospital department or medical unit specializing in childbirth—where women go to give birth.
The phrase combines the two stages: labor (the process of uterine contractions) and delivery (the actual birth).
She works in labor and delivery at the county hospital.
Often abbreviated L&D.
- due dateWhen payment is required
- nesting instinctDrive to prepare home
- birthing ballInflatable sphere for labor
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
- dilationWidening of an opening
breathing techniques · natural birth · cesarean section · birth plan · effacement · transition phase · pain management · contractions · water breaking · crowning · induction · IV drip · midwife · epidural anesthesia · fetal monitoring · sterile gloves · vacuum extraction · speculum
- women's healthgynecologist, gynecology, menstruation, OB-GYN, period
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, midwife, obstetrician, OB-GYN, contractions
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
labor and deliveryconception
Formation of an idea
prenatal care · prenatal clinic · first trimester · early pregnancy · implantation
labor and deliveryabortion
Ending a pregnancy
contraception · miscarriage · pregnancy termination · birth control · stillbirth
labor and deliverydeath
Cessation of life
dying · end of life · hospice · passing away · palliative care
labor, delivery, labors, labored, laboring, laborer, laborers, laborious, laboriously