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Hyperemesis Gravidarum or Severe Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy
Hyperemesis Gravidarum or Severe Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy
by Katie Moriarty | May 19, 2015
Katie Moriarty discusses the Season 4 Finale and shares resources for strategies to help with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, a theme seen in Episode 8. 
Beginnings and Endings
Beginnings and Endings
by Andrea Altomaro | May 18, 2015
Andrea Altomaro looks back on Season 4, and how the midwives dealt with difficult topics and their own personal struggles.
Prescription for Call the Midwife Withdrawal – A Summer Reading List
Prescription for Call the Midwife Withdrawal – A Summer Reading List
by Deborah McBain | May 18, 2015
Another season has ended with the speed of light, leaving us reeling from the sudden loss of our midwife fix. Deborah McBain offers her list of favorite books to help ease the void.
Supporting One Another: Going beyond the Call of Duty
Supporting One Another: Going beyond the Call of Duty
by Andrea Altomaro | May 11, 2015
Andrea Altomaro explains how midwifery is an extremely rewarding and mostly joyful career, but there can be moments of unbearable sorrow. 
It's About Resolution, Not Condemnation
It's About Resolution, Not Condemnation
by Katie Moriarty | May 11, 2015
Episode 7 made Katie Moriarty think about patient safety and the structures and processes that are put in place to improve capability and decrease errors.
A Complicated World and Simple Love
A Complicated World and Simple Love
by Deborah McBain | May 11, 2015
Deborah McBain discusses Episode 7's story on mixed-up babies and what improvements have been made since the '60s to keep newborns secure in the hospital. 
May 5th is the International Day of the Midwife
May 5th is the International Day of the Midwife
by Katie Moriarty | May 05, 2015
On the International Day of the Midwife, Katie Moriarty reiterates that being a midwife is really a calling more than a profession.
Midwifing the Midwife
Midwifing the Midwife
by Andrea Altomaro | May 04, 2015
Often, Andrea and her colleagues meet mothers who may find it difficult to trust medical professionals. Because one of the aspects of the midwifery model of care is forming a relationship with thei...
The Joy of Midwifery Never Dims
The Joy of Midwifery Never Dims
by Deborah McBain | May 04, 2015
Whether it is a calling to be a nun or a midwife, Deborah McBain believes it takes a certain sort of person to choose the sacrifices and endure the less than pleasant aspects of both endeavors. But...