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Category: Call the Midwife

20th Century, Call the Midwife, Recap, Series

Call the Midwife: The Fear

Lucille deals with a mother who has a serious birth phobia, Violet plans a picnic, and the community searches for a man who may have smallpox Continue reading Call the Midwife: The Fear

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Call the Midwife: Behind Closed Doors

Everyone’s got secrets this week. Trixie’s secretly drinking, a mother’s secretly eating coal, MJ’s secretly going blind, and a man has a secret second wife Continue reading Call the Midwife: Behind Closed Doors

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Call the Midwife: In the Bleak Midwinter

In an episode that pulls no punches, a family faces a Huntingdon’s diagnosis, Magda deals with a problem, and Trixie faces a rough decision Continue reading Call the Midwife: In the Bleak Midwinter

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Call the Midwife: A Stroke of Bad Luck

A new mother suffers a stroke shortly after giving birth, which subjects Lucille to some racially driven suspicion; Winifred tries to get dads more involved Continue reading Call the Midwife: A Stroke of Bad Luck

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Call the Midwife: Not That Kind of Girl

Crane eases and elderly woman out of life, Trixie tends to a mother facing a breech birth and other complications, and new midwife Lucille arrives Continue reading Call the Midwife: Not That Kind of Girl

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Call the Midwife: Resurrection

In one of the most downer episodes to date, we get a terrible abuse story & a stillbirth. The baby lives, but still: who crapped in your pudding, CtM? Continue reading Call the Midwife: Resurrection

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Nurse Barbara Gilbert marries Tom Hereward in season 6 episode 8 of Call the Midwife
20th Century, Call the Midwife, Recap, Series

Call the Midwife: The Change

We get birth, marriage, menopause and death all in one episode Continue reading Call the Midwife: The Change

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Call the Midwife: Wrecked

The Mulluckses are back! It’s time for Susan to get some prosthetics, but her father’s getting in the way. Meanwhile, Crane accidentally almost kills a kid. Continue reading Call the Midwife: Wrecked

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Call the Midwife: Scars

The midwives deal with a mother who’s had FGM, Cynthia is rescued but still needs a lot of help, and the Cuban Missile Crisis casts a long shadow Continue reading Call the Midwife: Scars

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Call the Midwife: Bite Point

Fred and Violet take in an orphaned relative with Down’s Syndrome, and serious dental hygiene finally makes its way to Poplar Continue reading Call the Midwife: Bite Point

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