Midwifery Miracles

by Andrea Altomaro | March 30, 2015

The opening scene of the Season 4 Premiere began with fast birth in the back seat of car. Although Modern Day Midwives blogger Andrea Altomaro has yet to catch a baby in the back seat of car, she c...

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A Midwife in Every Spot

by Deborah McBain | March 30, 2015

Modern Day Midwives blogger Deborah McBain loved that the first episode of Season 4 featured two births within the first several minutes, a third birth later on, plenty of heart wrenching drama, a ...

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Countdown to the Season 4 Premiere!

by Katie Moriarty | March 27, 2015

There's only a few more days until the Season 4 Premiere of Call the Midwife! To honor the day, Modern Day Midwives blogger Katie Moriarty and her team are hosting an event for the show in Detroit,...

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Season 4: London 1960 and Detroit 2015

by Deborah McBain | March 25, 2015

In the first post for Season 4, Modern Day Midwives blogger Deborah McBain discusses how 1960 London compares with 2015 Detroit. 

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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