midwifing
Helping babies arrive
Midwifing is assisting in childbirth, the work of a midwife.
The term extends to helping bring anything into being: She spent years midwifing the project through bureaucratic obstacles.
To midwife an idea, movement, or creation is to guide its difficult emergence into the world.
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- birthingAct of delivering young
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
newborn · obstetrics · prenatal · postpartum · cesarean · placenta · umbilical · vaginal delivery
Leading toward destination
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
- cultivatingDeliberately developing or tending
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
bringing forth · facilitating · ushering · coaxing · stewarding · developing · launching · incubating
Supportive care-giving
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- patienceCalm during delays
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
- empathySharing another's emotions
reassurance · comfort · advocacy · listening · counseling · hand-holding · positioning · massage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
lineage · apprenticeship · oral tradition · indigenous practices · birthing stool · herbal remedies · ceremonial · rites of passage
Carrying developing offspring
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- menstruationMonthly uterine bleeding
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
hormones · ovulation · prenatal vitamins · lactation · gestational · trimester · conception · maternal health
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- birthingAct of delivering young
doula · newborn · obstetrics · prenatal · postpartum · cesarean · placenta · umbilical · vaginal delivery · induction
guiding
Leading toward destination
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
- cultivatingDeliberately developing or tending
fostering · bringing forth · facilitating · ushering · coaxing · stewarding · developing · launching · incubating · hatching
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- patienceCalm during delays
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
empathy · reassurance · comfort · advocacy · listening · counseling · hand-holding · positioning · massage · presence
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
wisdom · lineage · apprenticeship · oral tradition · indigenous practices · birthing stool · herbal remedies · ceremonial · rites of passage · generational
pregnancy
Carrying developing offspring
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- menstruationMonthly uterine bleeding
contraception · hormones · ovulation · prenatal vitamins · lactation · gestational · trimester · conception · maternal health · perinatal
midwifinggiving birth
Expelling infant from womb
laboring · pushing · delivering · being born · birthing
midwifingeuthanizing
Mercy killing deliberately
killing · death-dealing · executing · aborting · terminating
midwifingkilling
Causing death deliberately
strangling · smothering · sabotaging · aborting · terminating