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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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She Dreamt of a Perfect Child From the Day She Conceived

by Katie Moriarty | April 26, 2013

This was an emotional episode. Jenny and Sister Evangelina assist at the birth of Ruby and Doug Roberts’ third child, their first son. He is born with spina bifida (a neural tube defect, NTD), a bi...

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Resilience

by tish roeske | April 22, 2013

Resilience, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is “the ability to recover or adjust to misfortune or change.” Jenny Lee and the Roberts family prove in Episode 4 of Call the Midwife how resilient t...

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Where There Is Anger There Is Always Fear

by Katie Moriarty | April 20, 2013

I love this show and the relationships, friendships, sense of camaraderie and the challenges (personal and professional) that they face! As a certified nurse midwife (CNM) in 2013, I am struck by t...

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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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Parallels

by tish roeske | April 15, 2013

There are so many wonderful story lines in Call the Midwife. I enjoy watching the friendships that have developed. I like how the show’s creators give us a glimpse into the lives and emotions of th...

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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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Trust

by tish roeske | April 08, 2013

The trust women place in their midwife is a gift. The trust a midwife places in herself is an essential skill. As I teach and mentor student nurse midwives, I tell them, “Be the midwife in the room...

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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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