What is the name that refers to male midwife?

There is a specific name for male midwives what is it

What is the name that refers to male midwife?
My cousin is a male midwife and this is what he calls himself. I don't know of any other name. Try typing it into google and see what comes up.
Reply:No, it isn't:


Definition of Accoucheur





Accoucheur: French for a male obstetrician, a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium Report Abuse

Reply:just a midwife i think
Reply:Midhand (kidding) its just a midwife i had a trainee there on one of my antenal appointments
Reply:They are still known as midwifes.





It refers to the woman giving birth, not the sex of the person in the job!
Reply:Gay.
Reply:it is a midwife - generic term
Reply:midhusband?
Reply:I think it's still midwife
Reply:lud is right the wife in midwife is not refering to the midwife, its refering to the birthing woman ...males refer to themselves as midwifes as they are "with women"
Reply:The middle-man
Reply:Midwife. It's mean 'with woman', it has nothing to do with the gender of the person with the woman.


Tired old question.
Reply:Mid-Person,





or





a delivery boy.