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Some Are Easier to Love Than Others

by Deborah McBain | April 13, 2015

During her long nursing career, Deborah McBain has cared for families in a multitude of configurations, but it is the similarities in partnerships and families that strike her the most.

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A Focus on Nurse Crane

by Deborah McBain | April 05, 2015

Deborah McBain gives her thoughts on Episode 2's tough story on pregnancy loss.

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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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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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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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Breathe, Baby, Breathe

by Deborah McBain | May 05, 2014

I really try to watch Call the Midwife as any other person and just let the drama unfold. But inevitably the midwife inside creeps out, and I find myself talking to the characters like an armchair ...

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Celebrate!

by Deborah McBain | April 28, 2014

Two elements in Episode 5 had me nodding my head and chuckling in recognition. The first is how so darned stressful it is when someone needs to take time off. The work doesn’t stop, babies don’t st...

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The Reluctant Midwife

by Deborah McBain | April 21, 2014

Although a relatively small part of this week’s episode, what spoke to me and my experience was Sister Winifred’s struggle with her role as midwife. Is there a midwife out there who hasn’t, at some...

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