I CAN'T get through an episode of Call the Midwife without being moved to tears.

Every birth is such a miracle, even when you know it's being acted. Every baby is a delight.

Any birth can trigger an emergency, as we saw on Sunday. An inexperienced midwife was attending an older mother whose baby entered the world bottom-first. She sent for her supervisor and a doctor.

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