AA30

An older woman who comes in (or used to come in) to help when a baby is going to be born:

MIDWIFE915
GRANNY62
GRANNY WOMAN46
NR18
PRACTICAL NURSE18
NURSE13
WET NURSE12
GODMOTHER11
NURSEMAID4
BABY CATCHER3
MAMMY3
NH3
AUNTIE2
DOCTOR WOMAN2
GRANNY DOCTOR2
MIDLADY2
MIDMOTHER2
MIDNIGHT WIFE2
OLD WOMAN2
ACCESSORY TO THE TIME1
AUNT (NAME)1
BABY NURSE1
BABY WOMAN1
CHILD NURSE1
COUSIN1
G.P.’S WIFE1
GRANMA1
HAND-MAMMY1
HOMEMAKER1
HOUSKEEPER1
LADY DOCTOR1
LOCAL NURSE1
MATERNITY NURSE1
MOTHER’S HELPER1
NANNY1
NURSE’S AID1
O.B. NURSE1
OBSTETRICAL NURSE1
OLD GRANNY1
PARTERA1
REGISTERED NURSE1
WAHINE HOO HANAO KEIKI1
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