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midwives
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, n.; pl. Midwives. [OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with (akin to Gr. ?) + ? woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See Meta-, and Wife.] A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
Wiktionary
WordNet
n. a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [syn: accoucheuse]
[also: midwives (pl)]
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Wikipedia
Midwives: A Novel is a novel by Chris Bohjalian, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in October 1998.
Midwives magazine is a bi-monthly magazine produced for members of the Royal College of Midwives. It covers all aspects of maternity care, including clinical practice, education and research. It is published by Redactive Media Group on behalf of the Royal College of Midwives. It has a circulation of nearly 42,000.
Midwives was first published as Nursing notes, by Dame Rosalind Paget, shortly after the foundation of the Royal College of Midwives in 1881. The publication has had many names over the years including Nursing notes and midwives’ chronicle: for the professional nurse and midwife (1908-1939), Midwives chronicle and nursing notes (1940-1957), Midwives chronicle (1958-1995), RCM Midwives Journal (1998-2002), RCM Midwives (2002-2008). In 2008, the publication was rebranded as a magazine and titled Midwives. This coincided with Redactive Media Group becoming the title’s publisher.
Midwives are professionals trained to assist women in childbirth.
Midwives may also refer to:
- Midwives (magazine), the magazine of the Royal College of Midwives
- Midwives (novel), a novel by Chris Bohjalian
Usage examples of "midwives".
Over the past two years, she has found quite a number of reputable midwives for me to interview.
I just made it my purpose to get as much information as possible from experienced midwives so I could help Frances Catherine.
The midwives weren't out to get her, nay, they wanted Isabelle punished and were cleverly using the Church to accomplish their goal.
She turned to glare at the midwives when she added, "She's as kind and gentle as they come.
The Crone paused, her eyes on the midwives who were now slowly rising, their voices murmuring bitterly about the effort this Ariadne put them to.
One of the midwives could have turned the baby within the womb, but Cornelia was too far lost in her panic and terror to allow any of them to touch her.
He raised his eyes and stared at the two midwives standing on the other side of the bed.
Though we have no midwives, it is a knowledge we have always believed all Eesties have at birth, as the warnet knows the meaning of his hive and the gnarlibar the meaning of his teeth.
There were no midwives at the birth of the Dragon of Zale, and he may have been soulless.
I will have midwives at the birth, for the Talent of midwives to seek bao in the newly born was the single Talent that Lom left to man.
The Midwives believe that only those who perceive their own humanity and perceive that others have the same become ensouled.
It is the Talent of the Midwives to see the future in that way, more narrowly than do Seers, and more reliably.
More likely he was scavenged from the Midwives, or born in some House where Midwives did not go.
If the Midwives had delivered him, he would not have lived past his birth.
For Viviane, in her pale robe of undyed wool, was heavy with child, her belly swollen, her face dragged down with suffering, and ever she walked and walked, as, Igraine remembered, the midwives had made her do when she was in labor with Morgaine .