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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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In another case, a midwife said she had collapsed at work due to the symptoms, which included headaches, low mood and anxiety.

From BBC • May 18, 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

During the consultation, Scott-Wright told our reporter she had been a midwife but no longer had a licence to practise, adding "there is no qualification that anyone could have for what I do".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Gabby Tu’itufu, 34, a midwife at Timaru Hospital, said she likes that all the OB-GYN doctors there are American.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The midwife, needing to replenish her stores of leather flasks, nutmeg, pepper, and the water in which a murderer had washed his hands, made plans to attend the Saint Swithin’s Day Fair at Gobnet-Under-Green.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman



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