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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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The Taboo

by tish roeske | April 29, 2013

I love how the producers and writers of Call the Midwife are fearless in tackling taboo subjects. The characters and story lines put a human face on difficult and devices issues of the 1950s. These...

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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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