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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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One midwife recalled a junior staff member who had been promised she would be supported while she cared for a "complicated woman".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

"You picked a bad day to have a baby," she remembers a midwife told her.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

A third family, who made their decision after reading about vitamin K on social media and talking with their midwife, dismissed the vitamin K shot altogether.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Her mother was a nurse and midwife, and her father worked as a personnel manager at the mill.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

She was clearly in labor, and they had to bring her back to the midwife, to the safety of their own home.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day



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