Posts from Andrea Altomaro

Call the Midwife Reminds Us That Midwifery Is a Calling

by Andrea Altomaro | May 18, 2013

The last few episodes have really made me reflect on my new career as a midwife. Being a midwife was something that I dreamed about since learning about it during nursing school. It was always one ...

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Season 2 Episode 6: Jenny Inspires

by Andrea Altomaro | May 09, 2013

This week is Nurses’ week, and on Call the Midwife we were able to see how much work the midwives do outside the realm of mothers and babies. After all, these midwives were nurses first! I always t...

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Baby by Choice, Not by Chance

by Andrea Altomaro | May 01, 2013

During my time in Liberia, we stayed in the house of a doctor that was rented out to the organization Africare. There were wonderful members of the Africare staff that were busy working at the hous...

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Unconditional Love

by Andrea Altomaro | April 28, 2013

After watching the most recent episode of Call the Midwife, I couldn’t help but think about one of the moms I visit through Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). I first met this young woman, M, at one o...

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Real Life or Call the Midwife?

by Andrea Altomaro | April 18, 2013

I love that when I watch every episode of Call the Midwife, I see so many similarities between the show and my life! There aren’t too many medical shows where I can say that. I’m almost always the ...

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Finding Strength Through Loss

by Andrea Altomaro | April 12, 2013

Watching Cynthia go through the emotional turmoil of a bad outcome in the second episode of Season 2 brought my worst fear to light. Most of the time, midwifery is a truly wonderful, joyous profess...

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Times May Change, but the Spirit Remains the Same

by Andrea Altomaro | April 02, 2013

The first episode of Season 2 started off with some pretty heavy issues. While I know that midwifery, especially working in a low-resource area, can be emotionally and physically difficult, I was s...

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Sacred Birth

by Andrea Altomaro | October 10, 2012

I believe that every single birth is sacred in its own way, and the second episode of Call the Midwife really drove that point home. So often, it’s not exactly how the events happen, but it’s the l...

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The Rookie Midwife

by Andrea Altomaro | October 04, 2012

The premiere of Call the Midwife was everything I hoped it would be. Being a new midwife myself, I can easily relate to Jenny. I remember the feelings of excitement and adrenaline when catching my ...

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