ob·stet·ric 
(ŏb-stĕtrĭk, əb-) also ob·stet·ri·cal (-rĭ-kəl)
(ŏb-stĕtrĭk, əb-) also ob·stet·ri·cal (-rĭ-kəl)adj.
Of or relating to the profession of obstetrics or the care of women during and after pregnancy.
[Latin obstetrīcius, pertaining to a midwife, from obstetrīx, obstetrīc-, midwife, from obstitus, past participle of obstāre, to stand opposite to : ob-, opposite to; see OB- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
ob·stetri·cal·ly adv.