Even When We're Prepared, Life Often Has Other Plans for Us

by Katie Moriarty | April 18, 2025

Season 14, Episode 3 dealt with several storylines, but I wanted to focus my blog post on Mr. and Mrs. Norma Lasley and the birth of their baby. The baby was born with spina bifida.

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Let’s Talk About Spina Bifida

by Michelle Collins | April 17, 2025

I was unprepared for the couple who relinquished their baby born with spina bifida, one of several types of birth defects categorized as neural tube defects.

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The Fight Continues

by Deborah McBain | April 16, 2025

Instead of a stunning blue designer suit, such as Lady Aylward wore to her 1970 meeting with Poplar’s Board of Health, I wore a white lab coat over scrubs in 2001...

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Killing Them with Kindness

by Andrea Altomaro | April 15, 2025

Anyone who works in healthcare will understand the complex dynamics that come with caring for a patient who is crabby, frustrated, and possibly quite unkind. Viewers get a glimpse in this episode.

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Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 3 GIF Recap

by Audrey Porter | April 14, 2025

If you found an injured bird on the sidewalk, would you take it home to care for it? For anyone who loves Fred Buckle as much as we do, it's no surprise that’s what the big-hearted East Ender does.

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Creating Connections as Midwives

by Katie Moriarty | April 14, 2025

In Episode 2, the midwives made sure people were seen, heard, and they met them where they were.

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Independence for the Isle of Dogs?

by Katie Moriarty | April 10, 2025

Hello again to Call the Midwife as we welcome Season 14, Episode 1 back into our homes. As a modern-day midwife, I would like to blog about the community uprising in the Isle of Dogs.

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Mental Health & Perinatal Care

by Michelle Collins | April 10, 2025

I was elated to see perinatal mental health the spotlight of this episode. Historically, this is an issue and a population that has received far too little attention.

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Small Acts of Resistance

by Deborah McBain | April 09, 2025

Finding comfort by providing someone with a few moments of purpose and respect – or a warm, safe place to rest for a few hours.

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