midwife

IPA: mˈɪdwaɪf

A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
(rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.

Examples of "midwife" in Sentences

Our insurance will pay for it so long as the midwife is licensed!
If your doctor or midwife is not, perhaps you can find a different one.
When I called my midwife, she reassured me and said I should expect contractions to start soon.
After the midwife is bitten by a rattle snake, she asks Dr. Quinn to look after her three children.
Mr. MO ROCCA (Contributor, "CBS Sunday Morning"): Get your baby delivered by a midwife from the cast of "Star Trek."
My midwife is prescribing me some pain killers, but I probably will avoid taking them since they usually make me really sick to my stomach.
In the morning we called our midwife and doula and arranged to meet them at the freestanding birth center where we planned to have a natural, drug-free water birth.
I honestly think that we are still working on many feminists to realize that fighting for my right to birth with a midwife is just as important as their right to terminate their pregnancy.