birthing chair

noun

1. a chair constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position

Example Sentences

The suites themselves range from 800 to 1,800 square feet, have large wraparound porches and are each decorated with art and knickknacks from around the world such as carved headboards from India, an African birthing chair, a Swedish television set from the 1940s or the hood of a Volkswagen from the 1960s that’s now a planter.

From New York Times

On the other side of Wellcome's portrait, there are three chairs: one used by patients attending a 19th-century dentist; the second has most of its central seat removed and acted as a birthing chair that allowed Victorian women to sit up during labour; while the third is constructed out of spikes and blades on which Chinese torturers forced their victims to sit.

From The Guardian