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  • "DO YOU HAVE CALENDULA?" THE MIDWIFE SAID.  (source)
    MIDWIFE = non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth
  • a midwife had visited a young woman twice  (source)
    midwife = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  • Goody Osburn were midwife to me three times.  (source)
    midwife = a woman who aids the mother in the delivery of babies
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  • The midwife was telling Mom to push, then hold, then push.  (source)
    midwife = someone skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  • When I was about ready to graduate, a list of Appalachian communities asking for nurse-midwives was posted on the student bulletin board.  (source)
  • Nothing but midwifery cases.  (source)
    midwifery = the profession of assisting women in childbirth
  • From the opening concept of looking for a shared American narrative in the biography of a young black male, to fits and starts in the writing, to a breakthrough moment in narrative style that he midwifed a year ago, to helping guide home the finished manuscript, John was my partner, always at my side, a dream editor.†  (source)
    midwifed = a non-doctor who assisted a women in childbirth
  • Midwifing is altogether another gate's business.†  (source)
    Midwifing = a non-doctor assisting a women in childbirth
  • When Lacy had been a midwife in training, she'd spent months walking around with a little centimeter ruler, measuring.  (source)
    midwife = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  • I tried to get a midwife for her, but the doctor said midwives were dirty.  (source)
  • Midwifery should be taught in the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing.  (source)
    Midwifery = the profession of assisting women in childbirth
  • A week later, I midwifed Lottie Mowbray, a poor and simple woman who yet managed to deliver her baby with the least complaint or difficulty I had yet encountered.†  (source)
    midwifed = a non-doctor who assisted a women in childbirth
  • Dad didn't believe that women should work, but I suppose he thought it was all right for Mother to be paid for midwifing, because it undermined the Government.  (source)
    midwifing = assisting women in childbirth
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