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“When a child is born the world is altered in an instant.
A new voice is heard
New love comes into being
Years later we pause and say YES — that’s when it all began
— on that day — in that room — when I saw that face
Birth is the smallest of magnificent things and the greatest of little ones
For the midwives of Nonnatus House each one was as ordinary and magical as the sunrise - as familiar and different as a breaking day.”

We welcome back old characters and meet a new midwife, Barbara Gilbert, in the premiere episode of Season 4. Sister Evangelina finally resolves to get assistance for her pain. A young expectant mother faces the possibility of losing yet another baby due to prematurity. And Trixie revisits difficult memories as she helps a young boy named Gary as he tries to keep himself and his siblings safe from maternal abuse and neglect.

Katie Moriarty (CNM, PhD, CAFCI, RN) is the Director of Nurse-Family Partnership at Detroit Wayne County Health Authority and currently serves on the regional board of directors for the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Prior to her current position, Katie served as the Associate Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Education Program at the University of Michigan.
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