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Experienced midwives discuss how the plotlines and drama of Call the Midwife intersect with modern day Midwifery.
Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 5 GIF Recap Episode Recap
Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 5 GIF Recap
by Audrey Porter | April 28, 2025
Are we the only ones who needed a box of tissues for last week’s episode? If you don’t have them already, that might change after this episode….
Saving Lives Then, and Debunking Myths Now: The Miracle of the Measles Vaccine
Saving Lives Then, and Debunking Myths Now: The Miracle of the Measles Vaccine
by Andrea Altomaro | April 24, 2025
Despite the delay in filming the season of Call the Midwife, the topics are always extremely relevant to our current timeline. This week was no different.
The Measles Vaccine — Then and Now
The Measles Vaccine — Then and Now
by Katie Moriarty | April 23, 2025
Season 14, Episode 3 dealt with several storylines. As a modern-day midwife, I want to focus my blog post on the measles storyline.
Yearning To Belong
Yearning To Belong
by Michelle Collins | April 22, 2025
I found the theme of this episode to be belonging. At the end of the day, we all just want to belong – somewhere, to a group of people who care about us.
Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 4 GIF Recap Episode Recap
Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 4 GIF Recap
by Audrey Porter | April 21, 2025
Sometimes, when it rains, it pours, and that’s just how it feels at times for the people of Poplar this week... but rest assured, not all is lost!
Even When We're Prepared, Life Often Has Other Plans for Us
Even When We're Prepared, Life Often Has Other Plans for Us
by Katie Moriarty | April 18, 2025
Season 14, Episode 3 dealt with several storylines, but I wanted to focus my blog post on Mr. and Mrs. Norma Lasley and the birth of their baby. The baby was born with spina bifida.
Let’s Talk About Spina Bifida
Let’s Talk About Spina Bifida
by Michelle Collins | April 17, 2025
I was unprepared for the couple who relinquished their baby born with spina bifida, one of several types of birth defects categorized as neural tube defects.
The Fight Continues
The Fight Continues
by Deborah McBain | April 16, 2025
Instead of a stunning blue designer suit, such as Lady Aylward wore to her 1970 meeting with Poplar’s Board of Health, I wore a white lab coat over scrubs in 2001...
Killing Them with Kindness
Killing Them with Kindness
by Andrea Altomaro | April 15, 2025
Anyone who works in healthcare will understand the complex dynamics that come with caring for a patient who is crabby, frustrated, and possibly quite unkind. Viewers get a glimpse in this episode.