Midwife

A midwife was a professional who provided prenatal care to expecting mothers, attends the birth, and provided postpartum care to the mother and infant. Midwives specialized in low-risk pregnancies, helping women to have healthy pregnancies and natural births – the non-medical equivalent of an obstetrician, who specialized in surgical aspects of pregnancy.
In 2270, James T. Kirk agreed with Robert April's suggestion about bringing a dead star back to life, saying they could "act as a midwife giving birth to a star". ()
In 2367, Worf acted as midwife when Keiko O'Brien went into labor in Ten Forward on the after the ship's systems were disabled by a quantum filament. ()
In 2372, Julian Bashir acted as midwife for Ekoria. ()
A Bajoran midwife assisted Mika during the birth of her half Cardassian half Bajoran baby on Empok Nor in 2375. ()
== See also ==
* Gorokian midwife toad
Category:Medical occupations