| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 min. 3 sec.) ; 356261356 bytes |
| Series |
The Midwives ; Series 1, Episode 4 |
| Summary |
*Coarse Language*This episode explores the wildly contrasting experiences of the community midwives who look after mums on opposite sides of the Wirral Peninsula near Liverpool. On the west are million-pound houses, on the east are some of the most deprived areas in the country... In the middle is Arrowe Park Hospital. From here, community midwives venture out to look after the mums on both sides, before and after they have their babies.In Birkenhead, in the east, midwife Katie is cheerfully dealing with a mix of teen mums, deprivation and social service cases. In the west, midwife Jan sees more anxious, older professional mothers who are keen to have everything done to plan.Which of the two sides presents the greatest challenge for the midwives? And are things always so black and white? Some mums don't conform to expectations and some things about having a baby are true wherever you come from. As midwife Katie says, "they all come out the same way don't they?" PRODUCTION DETAILS:6 X 60 minutes. The Garden Productions |
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Broadcast 2013-03-07 at 21:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
| Subject |
Childbirth -- Social aspects.
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Maternal health services.
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Midwives -- Personnel management.
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Pregnancy -- Complications.
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Pregnant women -- Psychological aspects.
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England -- Liverpool.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Morgan, Lucy, director
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Houseman, Rupert, contributor
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