midwives

The global shortage of midwives is especially severe: an estimated 700,000 new midwives* and other trained providers are needed in order to provide skilled childbirth care to all women who need it.

YubaNet.com 2010

I have never heard a man running for office mention the word midwives; I don't think the process of childbirth is something men generally think about.

Obama Supporter Jesse Jackson, Jr: Black Super-Delegates Who Back Hillary Could Face Primary Challenge 2009

Had it not been for the Bronwin midwives she would surely have died giving birth.

A Picture Worth a Thousand Words aka TBTAM 2007

We do think that the number of Christian women using midwives is having an influence on the midwives.

Born at Home 2006

The state I live in midwives are illegal (can you believe it!) so home births are not very common.

Born at Home 2006

Similar characteristics were sought in midwives, many of whom were also acknowledged healers in their communities. 134 Midwives attended at the delivery of babies and cared for mother and child during a nine-day lying-in period.

Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

I began to get nervous, and we called our midwives group.

Philly.com - Latest Videos 2009

I called my midwives, since Nate is still nursing, and they said "no diet.

brynpobydd Diary Entry brynpobydd 2005

Understanding that this was not desirable, Eugene called the midwives, and two ladies arrived to sort out the couple's relationship.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

The first is the digression about the midwives, which is also a leading thought or continuous image, like the wave in the Republic, appearing and reappearing at intervals.

Theaetetus 2007