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 Translation for 'midwife' from English to Norwegian
NOUN   a midwife | midwives
VERB   to midwife | midwived | midwived
midwiving | midwives
SYNO accoucheuse | midwife
med.
jordmor {m/f}
midwife
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Translation for 'midwife' from English to Norwegian

midwife
jordmor {m/f}med.
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Usage Examples English
  • Justine Siegemund or Siegemundin (26 December 1636 – 10 November 1705) was a renowned midwife from Lower Silesia whose "Court Midwife" (1690) was the most read, but not the first, female-published German obstetrical manual.
  • A traditional birth attendant (TBA), also known as a traditional midwife, community midwife or lay midwife, is a pregnancy and childbirth care provider.
  • Yvonne Cryns (born 1951) is an American midwife and political activist.
  • In the United States, a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is a nurse midwife who exceeds the International Confederation of Midwives essential competencies for a midwife and is also an advanced practice registered nurse, having completed registered nursing and midwifery education leading to practice as a nurse midwife and credentialing as a Certified Nurse-Midwife.
  • She educated herself as a midwife in Copenhagen in Denmark in 1855–1856, and then returned to Iceland, where she worked as a midwife in Reykjavík until 1902.

  • A man disguises himself to learn the secrets of midwifery in "Don't Call the Tudor Midwife" (parody of "Call the Midwife").
  • Wendy Shay is a trained Nurse by profession, worked as a Midwife in the clinical field. She worked as a midwife until she moved to Ghana to pursue her musical dreams .
  • Maria Nubsen (c,1780–1852) was a Norwegian midwife. She served as midwife in Christiania for nearly fifty years.
  • In the last stage, the midwife helps the woman stand up.
  • Eunice Katherine Macdonald "Kitty" Ernst (July 21, 1926 – December 28, 2021) was an American nurse midwife and leader in the nurse-midwife movement in the United States.

  • A nurse midwife is both a nurse (usually a registered nurse) and a midwife, having completed nursing and midwifery education leading to practice as a nurse midwife and sometimes credentialed in the specialty.
  • "The Midwife" ("Sage femme", 2017) is a film drama about Claire, a midwife, and her late father's eccentric former mistress.
  • A Licensed Midwife is a midwife who is licensed to practice in a particular state.
  • Catarina Wentin (1637-1707) was a Swedish (originally German) midwife, official midwife of the royal court. She has been referred to as the most well known midwife in Swedish history.
  • The Harem Midwife by Roberta Rich - a historical fiction set in Constantinople (1578) which follows Hannah, a midwife, who tends to many of the women in Sultan Murad III's harem.

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