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obstetrician

[ob-sti-trish-uhn] / ˌɒb stɪˈtrɪʃ ən /
NOUN
midwife
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The trust has five vacant obstetrician posts and said it cannot provide a safe maternity service at Daisy Hill without the required medical cover.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Bendall, who is a maternal foetal medicine specialist and obstetrician, said such a pregnancy was very high-risk, with the hospital admitting Na'amoana as an inpatient at 25 weeks so she could be monitored.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Yet because of their uncommon family structure, it wasn’t until just minutes before the obstetrician cut into her belly that the father of her child got permission to go with her into the operating room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Throughout her first pregnancy, Wang Yifan had lots of questions, which she usually put to renowned obstetrician Duan Tao -- or rather, an AI clone of the top Shanghai-based doctor.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

Her obstetrician, Dr. Ashley, gauntly handsome in a Lord Mountbatten sort of way, with fine sand-colored hair swept back from his temples, arrives to examine her progress.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

But that stuff doesn’t make her a fertility doctor, or even a scientist who has contributed meaningfully to the evidence base that obstetricians like me use in our work.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

Meanwhile professional societies representing obstetricians continue to say pregnant women should use acetaminophen to treat pain and fever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

No list of exceptions can encompass every situation and risk a patient might face, obstetricians said.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

Dr McCormack said senior paediatricians had called a "very unusual" 07:30 meeting with obstetricians and senior neonatal nursing staff in response to the triplet deaths.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

No obstetricians, no anesthesiologists, no fancy monitoring devices.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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