Call the Midwife - nuns but no Nonnatus

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Just caught up then realised the thread was full.

Sister Monica joan’s flowers.

Cried like a seal.

My garden didn’t bloom and for me the sunshine failed. My buds were perfect but not for here.

And the hairy bud who grew and blossomed in my care soaked up the love.

Missing the three of you more than you know. X

#plotpoint

I love nurse crane!

Miss Higgins the receptionist is wasted as a receptionist. "Time for a little pick me up," she says coming in with a cup of tea. Oh you've already got one, she thinks very loudly whilst glaring at the pill bottle.

Why was the sister carrying her contraceptive pills around in her handbag? Perhaps her husband doesn't know she's taking them. I assume she's married.

Maybe Nurse Crane will retire, and enter into a Miss Marple style life solving mysteries with Miss Higgins as her partner in crime (or not-crime).

I noticed last night, how much more brutal labour and delivery became, once it was in a medical setting. Made me wince.
I'm also a nurse Crane fan!

I noticed last night, how much more brutal labour and delivery became, once it was in a medical setting. Made me wince.

I agree. When the women were in their own homes they were moving about and finding a comfortable position. In hospital it’s in the stirrups and stay still so the doctor can see what he’s doing.

Last night’s episode was so much better, Andrea Gibb should script them more often.

Is it end of series next week?

The actress playing the blind girl really was blind wasn't she? It was a good but harrowing story line. There was much more in the way of home helps in the 60s if I remember correctly but also the SS was more intrusive.

My first thought was oesophageal cancer for Vals gran. My grandma had that in the early 80's and survived, which is rare even today.

@ppeatfruit yes she was. She was great, wasn't she?

Surprised to read there was more in the way of home help. Did you have to pay for it though?

I wondered about hiding from husband, but having them in her handbag doesn’t seem a very safe place. There have been threads on MN about whether your husband ever looks in your handbag, it would definitely have been taboo to look in a lady's bag then. She threw them away at the end so maybe she had decided to chance it.

Oh I missed that she threw them away.

I thought the significance of throwing the pill away was that she’d been terrified of the idea of babies due to their childhood, but seeing her sister so happy made her realise that she could be a mother too.

Phyllis is my favourite too! I think I'd stop watching if anything happened to her.

Nice to see the 'wee English fella', but the woman who played his wife is not good at acting.

Note to Dr Turner’s wife.

I quite understand how you want your husband to be prominent in each episode. You love him and I understand.

But I bloody love Phyllis so don’t be thinking of going all sister Evangelina on her.

Talk of Phyllis getting old? I like it not. So stop it.

Yes she was an amazing woman and actress (the blind girl) .

IMO the pethidine addicted dopey doc showed himself to be a really crap doctor. Making Doc. Turner look like the good man that he is meant to be, (I've never minded them as a couple or separately actually) they seem part of the 50s feel of the programme

The home helps would've been free for the poor I THINK.

Yes she was an amazing woman and actress (the blind girl) .

IMO the pethidine addicted dopey doc showed himself to be a really crap doctor. Making Doc. Turner look like the good man that he is meant to be, (I've never minded them as a couple or separately actually) they seem part of the 50s feel of the programme

The home helps would've been free for the poor I THINK.

Right. Now I’ve calmed myself down about Phyllis...

The actress was amazing. The scene with the broken glass broke my heart though.

Utterly disappointed in the druggydoc. That could have been a while other thing but oh no, dr Turner has to shine like the saintliest doctor in the world and the mere mortals around him are not fit to shine his brogues. Perish the thought they can be good and kind and whisk a nurse off their tired swollen feet.

Nah. They’ve got to be shootupmcshootyface and off their tits on whatever drug they can put their snippy happy little fingers on 😡

Miss Higgins sniffed him and his problems out a mile off. Although to be fair, she would probably notice the one leg hair that is always missed by the Bic.

I’m glad the wee Sister called him out and she should clype on the unnecessary cutting. Like that woman didn’t have enough bad using by men going on in her life.

Yes to Val’s gran having cancer. Watching her try to eat the fairy cake brought a lump to my throat.

I like Dr Turner. There! I've said it. Trixie had a bit more to do last night. Hope the drunk thug husband fell in the river. (I might be a bit overinfested, as we say over on the Archers thread.)

Presumably he was controlling (at least about birth control) so wouldn’t have given a toss about privacy? we didn't see her husband though so we don't know that. She was scared of having a blind child and may or may not have shared this fear with him.

The druggydoctor story might be to show how different their training is. The doctor's training would be about tackling the 'problem' efficiently while the midwives would always have put the woman at the centre. He could turn out to be a good doctor after working with the midwives for a while (apart from being a druggy).