delivery room

noun

1. an area in a hospital equipped for delivering babies.
2. a room or area in which deliveries are made or received, as the section of a public library where books are taken out or returned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of delivery room¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Once, the Kardashians were unique in the way they shared every moment of their lives with viewers—just look at Kourtney, who gave birth to her son Mason with an entire camera crew in the delivery room.

From The Daily Beast

No doctor or nurse was in the delivery room, and her mom, Allyson Williams, was so numbed by pain blockers that she didn’t realize she had given birth in her hospital bed.

From ProPublica

My first experience with this happened when my in-laws rushed into the delivery room as soon as they were allowed.

From Time

The family was gathered in a hospital delivery room waiting for Khloé Kardashian to give birth, mere days after a video surfaced online that showed Khloé’s boyfriend, Cleveland Cavaliers NBA star Tristan Thompson, making out with another woman.

From Washington Post

We heard rumors that maybe dads were not going to be able to be in delivery rooms.

From Vox

Quentin is no longer that little discolored alien placed on my chest in the delivery room.

From The Daily Beast

Marin also suggests that forcing men into the delivery room when they would rather be elsewhere is unwise.

From The Daily Beast

Or, perhaps, it has something to do with history—and the fact that dads in the delivery room wasn't always an option.

From The Daily Beast

But a father's presence in the delivery room remains a touchy subject.

From The Daily Beast

Thankfully, Bobby was in the delivery room for the first and the second.

From The Daily Beast

A delivery room shall be provided; it must be ready at all times and used for no other purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Class C. General hospital with either delivery room or nursery and general hospital using the operating room for delivery.

From Project Gutenberg

Class B. Hospital with maternity department with fully equipped delivery room and nursery.

From Project Gutenberg

Every infant shall be marked for identification before it is taken from delivery room.

From Project Gutenberg

A library has in its delivery room certain shelves on which appear all the new books that are bought, regardless of class.

From Project Gutenberg