Is there a Call the Midwife thread?

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The poor little boy

marthasharbour do we need a thread to discuss The Royal ,
no, I dont think so either

Sorry if this has been mentioned a lot but I can't read this thread because I haven't watched the last episode yet....

But doesn't Trixie look absolutely awful this series? Awful! Like she has lost tons of weight, her face is so skinny and unwell looking and that must be a wig. I can't get over the change in her, is she unwell in real life? I hope not.

3luckystars, someone mentioned upthread that the actress playing Trixie has deliberately lost a lot of weight for the CTM storyline.

Agreed, she looks terrible!

I'm not loving this series at all and I really adored the first 3! Sister Evangelina has softened or something which I don't like

Don't miss Jenny either but the episodes feel a bit cobbled together. I'll still tune in tho.

The Eagle, I agree with every word, there is something missing alright. That is interesting about Trixie losing the weight on purpose, she really looks ill.

I don't miss Jenny at all either, they replaced her with an identical one that is even more nerdy. That new nurse, when she is in the background I think she is Jenny sometimes.

I still love it though.

Cynthia was a bit simpery before she became a nun but it blended in, now the actress is really overdoing it imo.

yes and new Jenny isn't great either ....

was there an episode that i msised in which cynthia decided to become a nun?

HoraceCope it was in the Christmas special I think. Trixie was distraught!

ah thanks, I missed that, that explains it dance

horace why ever not? I would be up for a thread to discuss Dr Jill's AIBU stepmum angst and Lizzies LTB dilemmas!

we must be at a different stage martha, I dont think Lizzie has any B to L

although there was that row about the shopping last week which culminated in a car crash

thread derailed about The Royal, different era, nice scenery though.

Personally, I don't think Cynthia is more simpering as a nun, I think it's perhaps just more noticeable because she is in a habit.

Did she irritate you last series when she was just Cynthia?

Well now, I'd say that she possibly did, but she seems to have upped her game on the simpering stakes as a few of us have noticed. Or could it be without the ghastly Chummy to distract she's simply become more noticeable...

totally agree with mammuzamia re Cynthia. She was always a little bit irritating but you could ignore it. Now she is ramping up the smug wisdom a little bit too much for my liking.

Apologies hesterton i derailed with chats about the Royal. (Horace - i am talking about Lizzie's hubby Dave who got his mistress pregnant, he left her before she got the chance to LTB - Sinbad (AKA her dad Ken) was furious!)

Don't know what the a Royal is but I bet there's a few fans on here.
I was surprised how many admit to watching Doctors (Mrs DV I'm looking at you )

hesterson that is what i would have thought! I don't think it would have raised that many eyebrows tbh. I'm a community nurse and know of a few elderly female patients that have lived with their 'companion' for many years.

Its funny but although things have obviously changed a lot since 1960 I can still sometimes relate to the issues the nurses have, the challenges of caring for people in their own homes fundamentally don't really change. The lady keeping a fungating breast wound a secret is something I have come across a few times recently

I was a little bit at treating a pressure sore with hydrogen peroxide - bet that stung a bit!! It didn't really explain why he was in bed all the time and I am guessing the reality of turning a patient 2 hourly would just not have been a feasible option (which is the same now but at least we can offer pressure relieving mattresses.)

I also thought the new Jenny nurse was so rude in that home, about as much tact as a sledge hammer!!

Isn't that just bleach? Did it ever work?? Seems unbelievable now but that said pressure sores remain very difficult to heal.

Tried WPC56. I don't think I'll bother again. Just wasn't for me. And everyone saying 'that will be two shillings & sixpence please' (gor blimey, any old iron)? They would have just said 'two & six'. No-one said the whole blimming thing out in full.