just like doctors and nurses midwives also have a very crucial role to play they support women through pregnancy labour and in the time after birth apart from providing physical support to the pregnant women in crucial times midwives also help them to cope up with the situation emotionally and it is due to their appreciable work and contribution towards the society around 50 countries worldwide recognise midwifery the idea of celebrating international midwives day came out of international confederation of midwives conference held in the netherlands in 1987 on may 5 1991 for the first time this day was observed to honour the work of midwives around the globe here are some popular quotes on midwives that describe their beautiful work the greatest privilege of human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the soul in another person platoin all cultures the midwifes place is on the threshold of life where intense human emotions fear hope longing triumph and incredible physical powerenable a new human being to emerge her vocation is unique sheila kitzingerits not just the making of babies but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth barbara katz rothmangood midwifery is a combination of art science experience and instinct jennifer worthbirthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have robin limand what could be more beautiful than bringing new life into the worldthe greatest joy is to become a mother the second greatest is to be a midwife norwegian proverbthe greatest privilege of human life is to become a midwife to birth to the soula midwife must possess the hand of a lady the eyes of a hawk and the heart of a lion