Learn What It Takes to Be a Midwife Today

Experienced midwives discuss how the plotlines and drama of Call the Midwife intersect with modern day Midwifery.
Call the Midwife Season 10, Episode 1 GIF Recap Episode Recap
Call the Midwife Season 10, Episode 1 GIF Recap
by Emma Goddard | October 04, 2021
Fall has arrived, and wow are we thriving. Knit sweaters, fall festivals, pumpkin lattes (well, for some of us), ghosts and ghouls.
Journey of Faith
Journey of Faith
by Michelle Collins | October 03, 2021
If there can be one word to describe human beings during this dark time, it is resilient.
Highlighting a Toxic, Tragic Legacy
Highlighting a Toxic, Tragic Legacy
by Katie Moriarty | October 03, 2021
I commend the show for highlighting a public health issue and the underlying scandal of this environmental disaster and resulting impacts that this disaster had on human health and reproduction.
Pride and Humility
Pride and Humility
by Deborah McBain | October 03, 2021
Deborah McBain on the intersection of wardrobes, power, and midwifery.
Exploring Season 10 Through a New Lens
Exploring Season 10 Through a New Lens
by Deborah McBain | October 01, 2021
This season, each of my next seven blog entries will center around one of the seven deadly sins and the corresponding virtue it battles against.
Walking Alongside Our Patients
Walking Alongside Our Patients
by Michelle Collins | October 01, 2021
So much of what we do as midwives is what Shelagh did for Gloria; walk alongside our patients through the pain – physical and emotional – to get them through to the other side.
Call the Midwife 2020 Holiday Special GIF Recap Episode Recap
Call the Midwife 2020 Holiday Special GIF Recap
by Emma Goddard | December 28, 2020
‘Tis the season, and what better way to celebrate the holidays than to treat ourselves with the 2020 Call the Midwife Holiday Special?
A Call to Action
A Call to Action
by Andrea Altomaro | May 26, 2020
Trixie's words echoed down to the generations of midwives before her and the ones after her, and all to all of the health care providers who work with vulnerable, underserved populations.
Every Person Deserves a Midwife
Every Person Deserves a Midwife
by Michelle Collins | May 18, 2020
We “midwife” people both into, and out of, this life. If you think about just the physiologic processes involved in both birthing and dying, the two are remarkably similar.