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The midwife bringing the children was an older childhood belief than that of the stork. In places where both traditions were reported, the former dated back earlier in time than the latter. The role of the midwife as the bearer of children has also been attributed to the other healthcare people at the delivery: the nurse midwife, practitioner and the doctor.
== Labour. erditzea Erditzea ==
=== From home to hospital births ===
== Burial of unbaptized infants ==
Until the start of the 20<sup>th</sup> 20th century, the practice continued in some places to bury stillborn babies or those who died without being baptized under the eaves of the house or in a plot next to it.
=== Under the eaves of the house ===
