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obstetrician

[ob-sti-trish-uhn] / ˌɒb stɪˈtrɪʃ ən /
NOUN
midwife
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"An obstetrician! I love babies, and I played obstetrician with my dolls, even if I was far too young to know how any of that works."

From BBC Jun. 10, 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

Middle-aged women who were suffering from depression were often prescribed anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medicine without further discussion or exploration, said Dr. Anna Barbieri, an obstetrician gynecologist and certified menopause practitioner in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

Hospitals like Renk Referral have lost half their staff, including surgeons, obstetricians, paediatricians, putting an enormous strain on the remaining medics.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2025

This a big complaint among obstetricians and advocates, she said, because when it comes to the reports as they are now, “no one understands them.”

From Salon May 29, 2024

No obstetricians, no anesthesiologists, no fancy monitoring devices.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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