birthing chair

English

Alternative forms

• birth chair

Noun

birthing chair (plural birthing chairs)

1. (obstetrics) A chair designed to place a woman who is in labor in a position which facilitates childbirth.
   • 1984, “Clinical News: Rebirth of the Birthing Chair,”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 84, number 7, page 872:

     Two nurse-midwives at the Milwaukee Birth Center (MBC), Milwaukee, OR, designed a new birthing chair that has received rave reviews from the first 25 women who used it for labor and delivery.

References

• “birthing chair”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.