English-Finnish translations for midwife

• kätilö
  Arvoisa paronitar Ashton, tiedän, että ette ole palomies, kätilö tai muu vastaava. Baroness Ashton, I know that you are not a fire-fighter, a midwife or any other such person.
  Kätilö Maria do Céu, joka teki laittomia abortteja, tuomittiin seitsemäksi ja puoleksi vuodeksi vankilaan. Midwife Maria do Ceu, who carried out illegal abortions, was sentenced to seven and a half years’ imprisonment.
  Mitä tapahtuu, kun kätilö, jolla ei ole kyseistä valtuutusta, tulee Ranskaan ilman täydentävää koulutusta, ja hänen on kirjoitettava lääkeresepti? What happens when a midwife without such authorisation arrives in France without additional training and has to write a medical prescription?
• avustaa synnytyksessä
• kätilöidä

Definition of midwife

• A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician
• Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project
• To act as a midwife

Examples

• A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
• But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future
• Thomas L. Friedman. "Attention: Baby on Board." New York Times. April 13, 2010

Related words

• midwifery
• man-midwife
• midwife toad
• common midwife toad