What do you call a male midwife?

boognish76 | 12:05 Thu 03rd Oct 2002 | People & Places

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If such a think exists. My boyfriend reckons it's still a midwife. I suspect it's a Birth Management Consultant or something similarly jumped up (and on double the wages!).

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5029

It's a midwife (they have them on Holby City). And by the way, what does your name mean?

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Thanks 5029! Boognish is the demon god of the band Ween. 76 is because there are 75 other people registered with the name boognish on Yahoo mail before me. I know - the nerve!

jenstar

The word midwife is one of the oldest surving words in the English language, and simply means "one who is with the woman", so can obviously apply equally to either a man or woman.

Cathy

Apparently, when I was born my mum was looked after by (one of?) the first male midwife. I'm thirty soon, so they've been around for a while.

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