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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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Afterward, Germany’s public healthcare covered my pregnancy checkups, a C-section, two nights in the hospital and at-home midwife visits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

This included the acronym "FOH" - described in a 2018 resignation letter from another member of staff - which was written by a midwife on a whiteboard at a maternity unit run by NUH.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

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

One midwife we spoke to recalled a woman calling the hospital to say she was in labour and being told there was no need for her to be admitted at that time.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

It was then the midwife spied Beetle in her corner.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman



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