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Delivery room
The room where the delivery occurs. In the past pregnant women routinely labored in one room and then were moved to a delivery room where the baby was actually delivered. Following delivery, the mother would then be moved to a recovery room. To prevent these cumbersome moves, many hospitals have now changed to a combination labor, delivery and recovery room (called the LDRP). This prevents having to move the mother to another room at the height of labor pains, just before delivery.
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Date Last Modified: 08/26/2003 13:21