Firstly - he was an instinctive father, always concerned about his cubs, and as a seventeen-year-old handled his newborn son with the firm gentle confidence of an experienced midwife.

Do you know any other experienced midwife who can also tear apart armored warriors with her bare, er, hands?

Two experienced midwives, who understood husbands, laughed hilariously and rescued the missionary, who was, as they had predicted in obscene asides to the gathering, conspicuously nauseated, but while the midwives comforted him other Hawaiians whispered, "Isn't this a strange way to do things?

Viviane found herself sweating in her thin robe, but Julia, who was their most experienced midwife, and old Elen seemed comfortable as they talked by the fire.

The hospital, locally referred to as Isbitaalka Bariga Baardheere, is managed by a team of nurses in addition to one of the most experienced midwives in the Bardera district of the Gedo region.

I asked, in a low voice, shy about suggesting such a thing to an experienced midwife.

'Thank you, Igor,' he managed, without his voice trembling, 'but Mrs Content is a very experienced midwife.'

Of course to a stranger - or even to an experienced midwife - the only real link between any baby and its parents is the arm or leg tag bearing its mother's name, own weight and date of birth.

Still, I remembered well enough the advice of the maitresses sage-femme, the experienced midwives of the F16pital dcs Anges, where I had worked in Paris twenty years before.

The examining panel consisted of a physician, 2 surgeons, and 2 experienced midwives.