<unk> , a<unk>  ward or a<unk> r ward is a department of a hospital devoted to childbirth.  In many hospitals,<unk> " is one department and "Maternity", where a woman recovers following birth, is another.  In the United States, it is common practice to move a woman from<unk>  to Maternity in the hour following birth.
Labor and Delivery
Fetal surgery
Inter vivos
Natural childbirth
Obstetrics
Birth control
Lovaza
Caesarean section