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Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by klipt on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:15PM (#27305480)
> Childbirth is handled by midwives (Jordemothers) instead of doctors.

Is midwife a female-only profession or are there male midwives too?

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Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by OJFord on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:57PM (#27306736)
Are you objecting to 'mother' in the Dutch as if 'wife' in the English doesn't imply the same?
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Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by gameman144 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:16PM (#27306945)
I didn't read that as objecting to anything, it looks like an honest question...
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Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by OJFord on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:01PM (#27309108)
Fair enough. The quote made it seem like 'That's so non-PC why do you call it that' to me, so I was just pointing out it's not any different in English, quoting the Dutch is redundant!
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