L  ==  Labor
D  ==  Delivery
R  ==  Recovery
P  ==  Post-partum

LDRP  is our current fad?? in mother infant arrangements in the US.
In theory, Mother and any supporting family are allowed to remain in the
same room through-out the hospital stay.  The room is generally large
enough to accommodate the host of medical personnel and 2-5 family
members depending upon hospital.  Room decor is generally more "homey"
than medical, ie, there may be a couch for family members, which can be
converted to a bed,  draperies and paintings/pictures, medical equipment
behind decorative cupboards or in closet in room.  Bed is usually a
birthing bed with "break-away" devices for managing second and third
stage of labor.

Most LDRP units also include room for the baby to stay with mother, but
the hospital unit probably also has a "recovery nursery" or some other
designation that allows more intensive care of newborn.  Procedures are
frequently done in the "nursery" area even if baby is not routinely
brought to this area.  While physicians frequently get blamed for babies
being taken away from mothers to these nurseries, I can tell you from my
husband's experience (he is a family practitioner) the exam areas in
mom's room is frequently not stocked, no nurse is available to answer
questions, equipment has frequently been borrowed and not at bedside.
For that reason he usually asks to have baby brought to nursery area
because 1.) nurse somehow is always present that way, 2.) central
location seems to be better stocked with supplies and equipment, 3) exam
goes more efficiently.  He then goes back to talk with the mother and
father.

In small hospitals with eradic delivery numbers, and thus a
theoretically low demand for delivery rooms, or in hospitals where the
delivery numbers are increasing, some moms and babies are almost
inevitably moved to another room for a portion of the post-partum stay
when the LDRP is needed for a laboring mom.