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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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These would include nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives.

From Barron's

The award covers around 1.5 million health staff, from nurses and midwives to physios and porters – the entire workforce apart from doctors, dentists and senior managers.

From BBC

She was invited in and says that a midwife undertook a well-being check on her but didn't monitor her baby.

From BBC

Eager to protect their own profession, male practitioners—from physicians to male midwives—portrayed women as ignorant and sure to do harm or, conversely, possessed of “dangerous” knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal

After Durde ended his playing career, the father of two took charge of childcare while his wife Kate trained to be a midwife.

From BBC