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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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In 2018, Sue Brydon, a senior midwife at the Queen's Medical Centre sent a letter to the director of midwifery and the trust's then chairman, signed by more than 50 midwifery staff.

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 a midwife’s apprentice with a newborn hope of being someday a midwife herself.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman



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