midwife

kätilö A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.

But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future.

Thomas L. Friedman. "Attention: Baby on Board." New York Times. April 13, 2010.