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Season 3 Finale: The Circle of Life
by Katie Moriarty | May 27, 2014
The arrival of new life eclipses everything. When all goes well the room is filled with happiness and all the pain that went before is forgotten. Where there was mystery there is knowledge — where ...
Endings and Beginnings
Endings and Beginnings
by Deborah McBain | May 19, 2014
Jenny Lee ends her career as a midwife. Chummy’s Mater, Lady Brown finds herself at the end of her life. The Turners successfully end their search for a baby. So Season 3 ends. Jeez. Sigh. Hiccup. ...
True Midwifery Is…?
by Deborah McBain | May 12, 2014
What does it mean to be a midwife? What is true midwifery? In Episode 7 Jenny Lee returns and must maneuver the rigid routines of the London hospital maternity ward.
May 5, 2014 Was Nurses Day and the International Day of the Midwife
May 5, 2014 Was Nurses Day and the International Day of the Midwife
by Katie Moriarty | May 07, 2014
On May 5 each year we ask the world to focus on the role of midwives and midwifery. The 2014 theme for the International Day of the Midwife 2014 is “Midwives changing the world one family at a time...
Don’t Let Misfortune Find a Home
Don’t Let Misfortune Find a Home
May 06, 2014
“The dawns were paler and the mornings cool; yet we had few thoughts of autumn or harvest — for we saw the fruits of women’s labor every day. The wheel of our year turned slowly … work was its cons...
Breathe, Baby, Breathe
by Deborah McBain | May 05, 2014
I really try to watch Call the Midwife as any other person and just let the drama unfold. But inevitably the midwife inside creeps out, and I find myself talking to the characters like an armchair ...
Perfection Is Not a Polished Thing
Perfection Is Not a Polished Thing
by Katie Moriarty | April 29, 2014
“Perfection is not a polished thing. It is often simply something that is sincerely meant. Perfection is a job complete, praise given, a prayer heard, it can be kindness shown, thanks offered up. P...
Celebrate!
by Deborah McBain | April 28, 2014
Two elements in Episode 5 had me nodding my head and chuckling in recognition. The first is how so darned stressful it is when someone needs to take time off. The work doesn’t stop, babies don’t st...
You Are a Warrior
You Are a Warrior
by Katie Moriarty | April 24, 2014
“To the young it seems no door is closed and as if all hearts are open. Everything is possible. Love comes so easily. I loved my work and the freedom that it brought me. I loved the teeming streets...