birth attendant
Labor room assistant
A birth attendant is someone who assists during childbirth, providing care and support to the mother throughout labor and delivery.
The term encompasses a range of practitioners including midwives, doulas, nurses, and physicians, though it often refers specifically to those with traditional or community-based training rather than formal medical credentials.
In many rural areas, trained birth attendants provide essential maternal care where hospitals are scarce.
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- labor coachChildbirth support person
- deliveryConveyance of goods
contractions · pushing · cervix · umbilical · newborn · first breath · crowning · breathing · coach · support · hands · catch · cord · placenta · swaddling · it's a girl · skin to skin · nurturing
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Cares for dying patients
death doula · funeral director · mortician · hospice nurse · undertaker
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