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a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth; or to assist in childbirthor:
someone who helps bring something into existence; or the act of helping to bring something into existence
- The village has no doctor, but there is a midwife.
midwife = a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
- Reagan slashed welfare spending and midwifed the working poor-friendly Earned Income Tax Credit into being.Ross Douthat & Reihan Salam -- Grand New Party
- She is a licensed midwife.
- Nothing but midwifery cases.James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- There's no midwifery there, whichever place she's gone to; so I suppose she's out of employment, anyway.Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- Midwifery should be taught in the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- Goody Osburn were midwife to me three times.Arthur Miller -- The Crucible
- She is the fairies' midwife;William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- The midwife, arriving late, had found the baby's head pulled out of shape, its neck stretched, its body warped; and she had pushed the head back and molded the body with her hands.John Steinbeck -- The Grapes of Wrath
- Fatty had the soul of a midwife; he sympathized with women in their gasping agony, sympathized honestly and almost tearfully, and he was magnificent at sitting still and drinking tea and waiting.Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
- "Sometimes God calls them home, and there's nothing anyone can do. But if it happens to a midwife—" She turned, speaking directly to me. "All it takes is one mistake, and you'll be visiting me in prison."Tara Westover -- Educated
- When I was about ready to graduate, a list of Appalachian communities asking for nurse-midwives was posted on the student bulletin board.Katherine Paterson -- Jacob Have I Loved
- "It's time to get the midwife," Sissy said.Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The midwife was telling Mom to push, then hold, then push.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- I tried to get a midwife for her, but the doctor said midwives were dirty.Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
- a midwife had visited a young woman twiceErnest J. Gaines -- A Lesson Before Dying
- When Lacy had been a midwife in training, she'd spent months walking around with a little centimeter ruler, measuring.Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
- Erin ended the message by praising my mother's skill as a midwife.Tara Westover -- Educated
- Mother had midwifed the child.Tara Westover -- Educated
- Of my brilliant mother, midwife and entrepreneur; of my eccentric father, junkman and zealot.Tara Westover -- Educated
midwifed = helped to deliver
midwife = a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwifery = the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwifery = the profession of assisting women in childbirth by people who are not medical doctors
midwifery = the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwife = a woman who aids the mother in the delivery of babies
midwife = a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwife = a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwife = a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwife = non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwives = someone skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
midwife = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
midwife = someone skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
midwives = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
midwife = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
midwife = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
midwife = non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
midwifed = assisted women in childbirth (of)
midwife = non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
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