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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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The project's dedicated midwife, Adele Martin - having built up trust with pregnant mothers - is the one who has to step in.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Anyone who is concerned should contact their midwife first or call the dedicated maternity information line on 028 3756 1325 which will be open between 14:00 BST and 17:00 on Monday to Friday.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Both times, she said the care she received in hospital and from her community midwife was good.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The midwife raised the alarm and emergency teams began CPR immediately.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Yes, yes. She was brave and she is well,” the midwife announces.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Mason recognised the work being done by healthcare staff, such as bereavement midwives, in Wales but said that "where it is good, there's not enough of it".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

They have become friends with nurses and midwives at the special care baby unit who looked after Penny as well as them, after the loss of Bella.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Ms Richards said: "Our midwives are stretched, and quite often that is often impacted into the postnatal care, into the community settings."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They said doctors, nurses or midwives repeatedly ignored their concerns about the progress of their labour or the health of their baby.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

No one but the mother and midwives could touch it for several days.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

The actually existing Mets were also midwifed by Gotham honchos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

L.A. didn’t just invent noir; it midwifed speculative fiction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

The new country was cheered on in 2011 by the American diplomats who had midwifed its delivery and the Hollywood celebrities who championed its cause.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

Nonetheless, it was born in the shadows, midwifed by people who feared for their social position and economic well-being.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2020

Szilard’s views on the program he midwifed had traveled a tortuous path.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“There is lots to be proud of, including midwifing ten new plays by women playwrights from Los Angeles, into the American theatre through our Writers Workshop,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

He's no hero – that makes Brodie-Sangster so watchable – but he is a Machiavellian force who ends up midwifing several rock luminaries to stardom whether directly or, in Hynde's case, as an oppositional springboard.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2022

And James will ironically be in the position of midwifing the next phase of America’s gun movement.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020

However, Campbell is also sharply scrutinized for his role in midwifing and unleashing Dianetics.

From Nature ● Oct. 9, 2018

In a place with deep and binding tethers to the past, Katherine Johnson, a black woman, was midwifing the future.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Langhorne was midwived in a Bethesda hospital, the middle of three sons to a father who ran a concrete company.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2015

I pretend neither to the spirit of prophecy, nor to any uncommon skill in predicting a crisis; much less to tell when it begins to be nascent, or is fairly midwived into the world.

From James Otis, the pre-revolutionist by John Clark Ridpath



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