season 4

Hyperemesis Gravidarum or Severe Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy

by Katie Moriarty | May 19, 2015

Katie Moriarty discusses the Season 4 Finale and shares resources for strategies to help with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, a theme seen in Episode 8. 

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Beginnings and Endings

by Andrea Altomaro | May 18, 2015

Andrea Altomaro looks back on Season 4, and how the midwives dealt with difficult topics and their own personal struggles.

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Prescription for Call the Midwife Withdrawal – A Summer Reading List

by Deborah McBain | May 18, 2015

Another season has ended with the speed of light, leaving us reeling from the sudden loss of our midwife fix. Deborah McBain offers her list of favorite books to help ease the void.

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Supporting One Another: Going beyond the Call of Duty

by Andrea Altomaro | May 11, 2015

Andrea Altomaro explains how midwifery is an extremely rewarding and mostly joyful career, but there can be moments of unbearable sorrow. 

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It's About Resolution, Not Condemnation

by Katie Moriarty | May 11, 2015

Episode 7 made Katie Moriarty think about patient safety and the structures and processes that are put in place to improve capability and decrease errors.

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A Complicated World and Simple Love

by Deborah McBain | May 11, 2015

Deborah McBain discusses Episode 7's story on mixed-up babies and what improvements have been made since the '60s to keep newborns secure in the hospital. 

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Midwifing the Midwife

by Andrea Altomaro | May 04, 2015

Often, Andrea and her colleagues meet mothers who may find it difficult to trust medical professionals. Because one of the aspects of the midwifery model of care is forming a relationship with thei...

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The Joy of Midwifery Never Dims

by Deborah McBain | May 04, 2015

Whether it is a calling to be a nun or a midwife, Deborah McBain believes it takes a certain sort of person to choose the sacrifices and endure the less than pleasant aspects of both endeavors. But...

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We’re Shaped by the Hands We Hold and Hearts We Cherish

by Katie Moriarty | May 04, 2015

For Katie Moriarty, it is an honor to be with mothers as they go through powerful transitions in their lives. 

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