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MATURE JENNIFER: Being a parent
is so often about waiting.

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Waiting for the due date.

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For the first smile.

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The first steps.

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The first time wings take flight.

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The years pass.

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The clock ticks.

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The heart beats faster.

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Teddy, fetch Timothy's results.

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Sorry!

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The register, if you would, please,

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Pupil Midwife Corrigan.

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Good morning, ladies.

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ALL: Good morning, Nurse Crane.

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Now, Pupil Midwife Baines,
you will come with me

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and thereafter on today's
post-natal home visits.

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As we are deprived of
the presence of Sister Hilda,

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away on a refresher course,
Pupil Midwife Cowan,

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you will accompany Nurse Anderson,

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will accompany Nurse Franklin.

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Pupil Midwife Corrigan,

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you will also come to
the maternity home

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and work under the supervision
of Mrs Turner.

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Yes, Nurse Crane.

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Oh, a word, if I may, ladies,
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go stampeding off to get your bags.

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The mercury is climbing.

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What does every good midwife
remember in a heatwave?

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To drink plenty of water?

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To attend to matters
of personal daintiness!

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Expectant mothers can have
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and no-one enjoys the whiff
of an unkempt armpit.

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There is a jar of deodorant cream

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in the downstairs lavatory

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if anyone's been guilty
of oversight!

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Three As and a B!

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You're into medical school, son!

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Oh!

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And bang on cue,
the only electric fan we've got

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has given up the ghost!

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Palmers of Poplar are picking
this up for repair. It will have
to go in the stairwell.

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for redundant ironmongery.

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Where is Pupil Midwife Corrigan?

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I left her sorting out
Mrs Smith's paperwork

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for discharge.

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In which case, consider me
poised to intervene.

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Oh, good morning, Mrs Owen.

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Just three weeks until your due
date, according to your notes!

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We booked in to see the doctor.

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Ah, yes. Routine tests.

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Now, Jeanette doesn't
attend our Tuesday clinic.

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It clashed with school.

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As it's now the holidays,

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Baby is in a very nice position
now, Jeanette.

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And the head's engaged.

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Well, does that mean
I'm having it now?

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Nothing seems imminent.

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You probably won't go into
labour for a couple of weeks,

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The schools go back

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the first week of September.

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She's meant to be starting
sixth form. All in good time.

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Would you like us
to talk to the adoption society

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and keep them up-to-date?

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I'm happy dealing with all that.

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They couldn't have
been more helpful.

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Are you happy with that, Jeanette?

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I'm trying not to think
about it, to be honest.

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I'm mainly worried
about my O-level results.

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Well, there's never any harm
in looking to the future.

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University.

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That's her future.

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You'll get there.

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Things seem to be
ticking over nicely.

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I live in dread of the lift
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but you can't have everything.

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And the nappies dry lovely
on the balcony,

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we're so high up.

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You're getting nicely ahead
with preparations for Baby.

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Sort of. These are really Elaine's.

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unworn, from our own supplies.

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Don't they come as tights?

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No, they do not.

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Perhaps your mother can
lend you a suspender belt?

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Or purchase a maternity girdle...

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Thank you, Miss Higgins.
You've been so helpful.

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Another exemplary reading.

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As long as you keep taking
the iron tablets,

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I have no concerns at all.

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You can look forward to
a home delivery.

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That's nice. I had Elaine at home,

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when we were still in Edmonton.
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Have you anyone to look after
her whilst you're in labour?

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Oh, we'll just pop
her in the playpen and put
the telly on for her.

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She never gives me an ha'p'orth
of trouble, do you, pet?

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so it'll be quick!
I'd like that very much.

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Tea is so cooling on a sunny day.

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I'm not nervous with this one,
like I was with my first.

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I've been sorting through
all of Elaine's baby clothes,

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in case I have a boy.

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You can't really go wrong
with white or lemon.

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Hello, Elaine.

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Have you got a smile for me?

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I reckon she needs some fresh air.

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I didn't want to alarm
Mrs Sands, but I'm fairly sure

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that little Elaine is in need of

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more than a breath of fresh air.

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And there's no sign
of infection or neglect?

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Her mother dotes on her,

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and well looked after.

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But she should be out of
nappies, she isn't walking,

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and I saw no evidence
of speech development.

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At this age, she's coming up for

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a whole raft of routine tests,

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No.

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Miss Higgins,
can you add Elaine Sands

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to my rounds for tomorrow?
Your lists are full.

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Perhaps I could call in
on my way home?

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That will not be necessary.

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Mrs Sands is scheduled
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tomorrow afternoon in order
to adjust her milk tokens
and have her routine tests.

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Thank heavens for Miss Higgins

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and her encyclopaedic knowledge
of our patients!

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Thank heavens indeed, Dr Turner!

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There has been an incursion of
water into my filing cabinets,

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and I strongly suspect
a leaking pipe!

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It's just a split in the lead.

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I'll have to slot a little bit
of copper in.

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a little bit of copper

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to save these records!

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A significant percentage
of them are stained,

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and they will need to be
thoroughly dried

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before being inspected
for legibility,

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replacement Lloyd George cards!

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Miss Higgins,
tell me what I can do to help.

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I require a washing line,
some clothes pegs...

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..and the assistance of
a competent individual.

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FOOTSTEPS

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Oh, and young Timothy,

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to whom I believe the warmest
congratulations are in order.

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Thank you, Miss Higgins.

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Edinburgh is one of
the oldest and finest

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medical schools in the world.

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So what brings you here today?

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and I've brought a washing line
and clothes pegs.

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Would someone like to recap
the main tests carried out

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after the birth and during
the first few weeks of life?

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Pupil Midwife Baines?

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The Apgar score,
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and the Phenistix urine test.

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And what is that for?

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Pupil Midwife Corrigan?

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Phenylketonuria,
otherwise known as PKU.

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Any further details?

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You can't test until the baby's
about three weeks old.

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So rare nobody ever really gets it.

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Well, that's not entirely true,
Pupil Midwife Hopkiss,

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although it is exceptionally
uncommon.

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So why do we test
every baby in the country?

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It seems like a bit of a waste
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PKU is a disease
that's best caught early.

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And the test is a recent discovery.

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Sometimes we test
because we can test.

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No information,
however we gather it,

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can ever be said to be wasted.

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but what can you tell me
about signs of tongue-tie?

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You just need a nice
lightweight maternity girdle

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that can be rinsed through,
Mrs Owen.

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It will have clips
for the support hose

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afterwards.

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Shall I pop a packet of those
in with the order?

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Oh, poor love, she does look peaky.

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Let me go and put the kettle on.

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I usually make a cup of tea
when ladies come in

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for a layette visit.
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I think it's best not to
think of it as a layette visit.

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Or fun. We're just here to
take care of the necessaries.

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The decision has been made.

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I will still need to make sure

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that we get the right size,
Jeanette.

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and I'll...I'll run the tape
round you.

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She got up too quickly.

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No, I feel really light-headed.

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I was like this this morning.

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That sounds like blood pressure.

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I think you should telephone
the surgery.

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Jeanette.

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Nurse Crane was right about
those swollen ankles.

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I should have had
the stockings on!

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Jeanette, swollen ankles
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towards the end of pregnancy.

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developed a condition

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called pre-eclampsia.

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I've read about that.

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Teenage mothers are quite
prone to it, aren't they?

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Yes. But it's most common
with your first pregnancy.

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But we will want to keep
a close eye on you.

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You need to rest in bed
until your baby arrives.

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And the best place to do that
is probably here,

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in the maternity home.

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I don't have to go to hospital?

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nice and stable here. Now,

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I'm going to go outside
and talk to your mother

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while Nurse Turner gets you settled.

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Jeanette's not one of
your usual gymslip mums!

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She's university material.

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And I don't think it's right
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about her treatment over her head.

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We didn't make any decisions
over her head.

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We did make them
without involving you,

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but that's because she's unwell.

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And in my view, as her GP,

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the best thing to do
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I've wanted all this
kept within bounds.

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The bare minimum of carry-on,

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so she can just think about

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what lies beyond all this. I know.

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But that doesn't mean
it isn't happening.

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might also help her to come to
terms with everything.

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She may well adjust
more easily when...

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When things get back to normal.

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Hello, Mrs Ball!
All present and correct?

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Not half!

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Just look at the sheen
on that fondant.

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I have to say,
your husband's done us proud!

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Are you sure
we can't reimburse you?

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Nah. She's one of us now!

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Go on. You do your bit,
I'll do mine.

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HE CHUCKLES

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HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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Shining Tabernacle Church,
Pastor Robinson speaking.

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Oh, Cyril, I am pleased
I caught you!

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You couldn't possibly
nip over to the Institute?

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is playing silly beggars.

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APPLAUSE

257
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DR TURNER: Speech! Speech!

258
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Speech!

259
00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,720
You talk.

260
00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:17,920
No. You do it.

261
00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:20,480
Thank you.

262
00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,200
Thank you, all of you.

263
00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,840
I came here on my own,

264
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265
00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,720
One thing and another
put us in each other's way,

266
00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,800
and now we are going to
make a life together.

267
00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,000
Cyril and I told our families
the news over the telephone,

268
00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,240
and it will be a while

269
00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,840
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as a little girl

270
00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,280
can ask to see my ring.

271
00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,680
But you did.

272
00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:53,640
You all did.

273
00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:58,200
And I don't think you'll ever
know how much that means.

274
00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:03,000
And how much it makes me,

275
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,520
and the man beside me, feel as
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276
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APPLAUSE

277
00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,920
CHEERING

278
00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,200
Nothing amiss with
your urine test, Mrs Sands.

279
00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,680
I'll just add that to your notes
and we're finished for today.

280
00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,120
Actually, Dr Turner is about
to come and see Mrs Sands.
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281
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,160
And perhaps see if Miss Higgins
needs any help at the desk.

282
00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,440
Do you mean you'd like me
to leave the cubicle

283
00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,480
so the patient can have
some privacy?

284
00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:39,960
Yes.

285
00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,000
Righty-ho.

286
00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,120
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287
00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,840
You keep telling me
everything's spot-on.

288
00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,280
And everything is.

289
00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,800
With you. But Doctor wants to
talk to you about Elaine,

290
00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:54,960
because I told him I have

291
00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,160
some small concerns
about her development.

292
00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,560
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293
00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,240
I knew she wasn't doing well!

294
00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:08,800
I just knew it!

295
00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,160
I had three younger brothers.

296
00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,240
There's kids living on the landing

297
00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,440
born the same time as her.

298
00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,040
I know what she should be
doing, and she isn't!

299
00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,440
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to ask for help?

300
00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,640
It was more that
I was hoping she'd catch up.

301
00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,040
That I was wrong.

302
00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,800
Some kids are just a bit slower
than others, aren't they?

303
00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,360
Yes, they are.

304
00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,200
I see bed rest
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305
00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:47,920
Your temperature's
come down quite a bit.

306
00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,200
My headache isn't as bad
as it was, I must say.

307
00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,440
Ah, you'll be done with
all this in a couple of weeks.

308
00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,200
The last month is always hard going.

309
00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,560
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310
00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,560
Or a small pony.

311
00:15:58,560 --> 00:15:59,920
Wiggle your toes?

312
00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,000
Can you still see them? Yes.

313
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,480
Then aren't you the lucky one!

314
00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,040
Honest to God,
I've seen some women so big

315
00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,680
you want to move them
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316
00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,240
You know the baby's going
to be adopted, don't you?

317
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,520
I do.

318
00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:18,040
It's in your notes.

319
00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,000
Everybody's going to help you,
Jeanette.

320
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,280
Everyone's been helping me

321
00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,760
ever since I burst
out of two girdles

322
00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,160
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323
00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,720
You'll come out the other side.
I promise you.

324
00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,440
Nurse, what are the rules
about people visiting in here?

325
00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,960
I mean, who can come?

326
00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,400
Is there someone in particular
you want to see?

327
00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,840
The baby's father.

328
00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,160
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329
00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,440
There's no rules against him
coming in.

330
00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,440
Does he know you're in here?

331
00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,040
I haven't been allowed to see him.

332
00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,160
I wrote him a note, though,

333
00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,080
but I haven't got an envelope.

334
00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,120
Or a stamp.

335
00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,080
Jot down the address for me
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336
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,680
You might find you're
just in time for the last post.

337
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,960
We'll have to tread
very gently with Mrs Sands.

338
00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,760
She was upset even at the mention

339
00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,360
of referral to a specialist.

340
00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:11,240
I've seen the wilful blindness
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341
00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,640
and, invariably, it results in
delayed diagnosis.

342
00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,400
Elaine's problems could also
have developed over time.

343
00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,320
Some syndromes and diseases

344
00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,440
just aren't apparent
in the first year of life.

345
00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,000
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routine examinations happen.

346
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,280
Her family were under
another practice then.

347
00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,800
I wish I could put my finger
on the problem.

348
00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:34,760
I don't want to waste time

349
00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,880
referring her to
the wrong specialist.

350
00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,520
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351
00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,520
Nonnatus House,

352
00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,640
midwife speaking.

353
00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,640
BABY CRIES

354
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,080
It's all right.

355
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,040
See to your baby and calm him down.

356
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,120
Er, I've only just managed
to calm him down.

357
00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:52,480
Er, would it be possible

358
00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,640
to speak with Nurse Franklin,
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359
00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,520
Trixie,
this one seems to be for you.

360
00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,240
I think that baby may be teething.

361
00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,040
Nurse Franklin speaking.

362
00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,680
It's...it's Matthew Aylward.

363
00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,680
I'm calling for professional advice.

364
00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,600
How do you sack a nanny?

365
00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,600
I'm afraid I'm a midwife,
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366
00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:16,840
not an employment lawyer.

367
00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,760
I mean, do you just tell them to go?

368
00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,000
And then, if you do,
how do you replace them?

369
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,160
Before we go on to address
your second question,

370
00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,280
might it be sensible for me

371
00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:25,920
to ask you exactly
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372
00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,440
You did see what she was like
after the christening?

373
00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,480
I saw the extent to which she was
controlling everything and said you
ought to have more confidence.

374
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,200
Well, you did say
you'd send me some books.

375
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,120
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376
00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,640
Oh, I'm so sorry,
it completely slipped my mind!

377
00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,600
It's fine. It's hardly
your responsibility!

378
00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,320
It's just you spoke such good sense

379
00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,800
and seemed to see things
with such a clear-eyed vision,

380
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,040
I'd humbly welcome
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381
00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,560
Mr Aylward,
where's Jonathan's nanny now?

382
00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,040
It's her afternoon off.

383
00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,120
Er, I come home early
to feed him his tea.

384
00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:00,440
He's on solids now -
well, sort of sloppy solids -

385
00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,640
and he just will not eat
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386
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,400
And what advice did Nanny give?

387
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,160
Er, refuse to accept the refusal.

388
00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,480
I keep pushing the spoon
in the direction of his mouth.

389
00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,720
All I've managed to do so far
is poke him in the eye!

390
00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,000
Mr Aylward, I happen to be
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391
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,600
tomorrow for a meeting
in the evening.

392
00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,000
I could call in beforehand

393
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000
and bring you the books I promised.

394
00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,720
Why did she have to wait
till we was in the church?!

395
00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,920
Could one of you go up
and put the loft ladder away?

396
00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,200
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and knees up there,

397
00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,400
looking for that box of
your old medical school things.

398
00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,360
No luck, I'm afraid!

399
00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,360
Oh, sorry, Tim!

400
00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:39,920
It was the skeleton
that I really wanted.

401
00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,160
It's in the equipment list
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402
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,400
That's actually missing
one tibia, two metatarsals

403
00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,240
and several phalanges.

404
00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,720
I think you might have
come bottom in anatomy.

405
00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,080
I have fond memories
of being terrorised

406
00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,240
<font color="

407
00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,680
trying to make headway
with little Elaine Sands?

408
00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,600
I noticed she had quite
bad eczema on her arms,

409
00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,680
but there aren't too many clues.

410
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,000
I'm working on the idea
that it might be metabolic.

411
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,160
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her lipids to be tested.

412
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,600
Patrick, do you know exactly
what tests Elaine had at birth?

413
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,160
When I was teaching
the pupil midwives,

414
00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,560
I was really struck by
how patterns can vary

415
00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:17,720
for things like PKU.

416
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,200
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417
00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,200
I might go down to
the surgery and check.

418
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,760
Now?

419
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,720
I'll be tossing and turning
all night if I don't.

420
00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,400
Dad! If you mess up those files,

421
00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,440
Miss Higgins will eat you
alive. And then eat me.

422
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,480
I'm coming with you.

423
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,200
<font color="
on these records

424
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,600
that hardly exist any more.

425
00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,880
They aren't even that old.

426
00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,480
Diphtheria,

427
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,920
smallpox...

428
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,160
..polio.

429
00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,280
We know about polio, don't we?

430
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,920
Yes, but it's not just
about vaccines.

431
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,360
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432
00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,760
You've witnessed things as a doctor

433
00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,120
that I'm never going to see.
Or smell.

434
00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:05,840
You'll never know the stench
of a septic ward, thank God.

435
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,640
And you will see things
I never dreamed could happen.

436
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,280
What do you dream of, Dad?

437
00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,600
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438
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,400
X-rays are too primitive,
too dangerous.

439
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,720
Although, right now,

440
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,360
I'd settle for improved
record-keeping.

441
00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:23,560
Waterproof would be a start!

442
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,680
Ah, here we go.

443
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:32,160
Elaine Sands was delivered
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444
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,960
Birth normal.

445
00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:37,760
Standard vaccinations.

446
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,720
No record of a PKU test.

447
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,160
PKU?

448
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,240
Phenylketonuria.

449
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:48,120
It's been a bit of a ragged
roll-out in terms of screening.

450
00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:51,280
Elaine might have been
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451
00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:56,800
This one's from my Auntie Priss!

452
00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,520
I feel as though I shouldn't be

453
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,200
opening engagement presents
without Cyril.

454
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,240
Seize the moment, Lucille!

455
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,160
You're still your own woman.

456
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,040
It's dinner mats.

457
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:09,760
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458
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:14,000
Well, she's extremely
inventive with her needle.

459
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,880
And they're nice, lively colours.

460
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,000
She has chosen them with love.

461
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,600
THEY CHUCKLE

462
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,960
Put them in your bottom drawer

463
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,080
and get them out
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464
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,160
What are you up to with that rubber?

465
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,440
Eradicating all the notes

466
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,800
I made in the margins
of my childcare books.

467
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,800
If Matthew Aylward is
going to learn from them,

468
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,200
he needs to read them from scratch

469
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:39,240
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470
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,200
Does that poor man
not have family around him

471
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,400
to advise? His mother

472
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,640
and his own childhood nanny,

473
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,800
who appears to be his mother's
right-hand woman.

474
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:47,960
I'm the nearest thing

475
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,920
<font color="
that he's got.

476
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,160
Why are you doing all this?

477
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,480
I thought she was going to
be seen at the hospital.

478
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,160
Doctor simply wants to be sure

479
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,920
that he's referring her
to the right specialist.

480
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,480
Is the nappy ready?

481
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,600
<font color="
just before you arrived.

482
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,320
It's not been in the rinse bucket.

483
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,000
Good thing about this test is
the results are immediate.

484
00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,080
If it's positive, the stick
changes colour to green,

485
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,480
apparently.

486
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,440
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487
00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:29,960
That looks green to me.

488
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,920
Yes, it does. I think we may be
looking at a positive result.

489
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,320
That's a good thing...

490
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,680
..if it's positive, isn't it?

491
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,480
I'm afraid not.
I'll talk to Dr Turner.

492
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,920
He'll come and visit
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493
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,240
KNOCK AT DOOR

494
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,240
Excuse me.

495
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,040
I'm looking for the maternity ward.

496
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,120
Glen? Timothy Turner?

497
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,480
What, are you a doctor now,
or something?

498
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,800
It seems like about three years
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499
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,960
It has been about three years
since we were in Scouts!

500
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,120
A little longer since Cubs.
Are you doing all right?

501
00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:02,240
I've just got into university
to do medicine. At Edinburgh.

502
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,840
Oh! I'm going to train
as an accountant.

503
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,840
<font color="
by an office where I can do

504
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,880
day release at college.
That's fantastic!

505
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,000
Glen, why do you need directions

506
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,320
to the maternity ward?

507
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,040
Sister! Sister!
There's something the matter

508
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,960
with Elaine! I think she's fitting!

509
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,680
<font color="

510
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,800
She's choking! She's choking!

511
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,360
She won't choke.

512
00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:37,120
I'm holding her tongue in position.

513
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,640
And the convulsion's over.

514
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,080
Shall I call an ambulance? No.

515
00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:47,920
But we must call the doctor.

516
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,720
Oliver Twist?

517
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,600
<font color="
to cheer you up

518
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:56,840
when life turns to the bad.

519
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,600
And it all starts with
a fallen woman!

520
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,560
I'd think my mum
was trying to make a point,

521
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:01,680
but she just grabbed it

522
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,760
along with my nighties
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523
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,760
She's never read any Dickens.

524
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,400
Oh, I don't mind a bit of him.

525
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,960
I did David Copperfield
when I was back at school.

526
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,960
I ended up fancying
David Copperfield.

527
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,560
And he isn't even real.

528
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,280
KNOCK AT DOOR

529
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,880
<font color="

530
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,760
I don't have to ask who you are.

531
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,280
I do need to tell you, though,

532
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,880
it isn't actually visiting hours.
Please let him stay.

533
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,120
Please!

534
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,840
15 minutes. Then I'll
show you out the back way.

535
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,680
I brought you some Rolos.

536
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,920
<font color="

537
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,280
I've got no room for Rolos.

538
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,960
I've got so much baby in me now.

539
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,840
It's got so much bigger.

540
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,520
Remember when we just kept
hoping it would go away?

541
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:57,920
It just got more and more real.

542
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,240
And now it's...

543
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,600
..really...

544
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,720
<font color="

545
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,280
They're going to take it away, Glen!

546
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,400
I know.

547
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,040
Your mum told my mum.

548
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,120
Will you let 'em? I said they could.

549
00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,680
I said it could be adopted
when everyone found out

550
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,120
and I was panicking!
Is it what you want?

551
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,680
<font color="

552
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:20,880
I don't.

553
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,480
DOOR OPENS

554
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,920
And what's he doing here?

555
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,400
I'm not having it.

556
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,880
I want him removed.

557
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,960
The hospital
will have to confirm it

558
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:43,400
but, sadly, I think the seizure
<font color="

559
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,040
The condition showed up

560
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,080
in her urine test.
How serious is it?

561
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,880
Elaine was born
unable to rid her body

562
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,920
of a chemical in her diet
called phenylalanine.

563
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,600
This chemical built up
<font color="

564
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,480
and has had a harmful
effect on her brain.

565
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,680
Her brain?

566
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,600
Will they have to operate?

567
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,000
Or give her medicine?

568
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,120
That would be better, wouldn't it?

569
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:10,400
Better than cutting her
head open or something.

570
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,280
<font color="
able to find out,

571
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,560
she will be placed on
a very specialised

572
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,480
low-protein diet...
Will that cure her?

573
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,520
It should stop her condition
from getting any worse.

574
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,160
And we can bring in occupational

575
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,120
<font color="

576
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:25,520
and possibly a speech therapist

577
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,000
to help her regain some ground...

578
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,400
Is that going to make her normal?

579
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,400
Over time, it should help
her development.

580
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,520
You mean she's still
going to be backward?

581
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,040
That's a very general term.

582
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,320
<font color="
until Elaine has been seen

583
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,840
by a specialist.
I'm going to arrange

584
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,240
for an ambulance now. Dr Turner?

585
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,480
What about the new baby?

586
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,760
Could it have the same thing?

587
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:51,800
Yes.

588
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,320
I'm sorry.

589
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,600
<font color="

590
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000
This maternity home has rules

591
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,920
and routines for a reason,
Nurse Corrigan.

592
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,400
It just seemed so cold-hearted
not to let him in.

593
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,840
Feelings can run very high
in this sort of situation,

594
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,920
and taking a cool, calm approach

595
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,080
<font color="
state of mind

596
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,120
and therefore health.

597
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,600
You mean in an adoption situation?

598
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,280
Yes.

599
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,720
But you're going to see

600
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,320
all sorts of emotional
complications in district work.

601
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,000
It's not like hospital, where
<font color="

602
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,080
That's why I want to do...to do it.

603
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,480
I want to care.

604
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,960
If you didn't care,
you wouldn't be a midwife.

605
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,280
But everyone will benefit
if you observe the rules.

606
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,760
DOOR CLOSES

607
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,320
BABY GURGLES

608
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560
<font color="
a particular flash point?

609
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,080
Housework, perhaps?

610
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,640
I'd started calling the baby Jonty.

611
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,000
"Jon-a-than" seems like
an awful lot of syllables

612
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,120
for such a little chap.

613
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,320
And Nanny kept telling me to stop.

614
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,280
She doesn't approve
<font color="

615
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,320
Or nicknames.

616
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,040
Well, I'm sure I can think
of a nickname for her.

617
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,960
Oh, look at you, Master Jonty!

618
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,920
Is that chocolate pudding
all over you,

619
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,080
or are you trying out
a new type of face mask?

620
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,720
<font color="
he might need freshening up.

621
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,400
SHE SNIFFS

622
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,400
I do believe he does.

623
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,440
That doctor keeps shaking his head.

624
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,440
He keeps shaking his head
and writing things down.

625
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,880
He isn't hurting her,
and she isn't crying.

626
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,200
<font color="

627
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,880
She's doing what I used to call
her Dilly Daydream look.

628
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,560
Seeing straight past him.

629
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,120
Dr Selleck will see you now.

630
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,640
I've changed 11 nappies
since that woman walked out

631
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,320
and every single one of them
has leaked.

632
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:03,520
<font color="

633
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,880
I've found wee in his ears
on a few occasions.

634
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,080
How does a baby get wee in its ears?

635
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,640
Before you fasten the nappy,

636
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,320
do you always take care
to point his penis downwards?

637
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,200
No.

638
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,600
Although from a personal...

639
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:23,080
<font color="
anatomical point of view,

640
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,760
that does make sense.

641
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,520
It's a perfectly simple skill

642
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,560
once you've mastered
the basic rules.

643
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,720
I was thinking about buying
disposable ones.

644
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,440
Well, they do save a lot of laundry.

645
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,880
<font color="
and you might find yourself

646
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,560
battling nappy rash.

647
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,440
I can remember Fiona
saying that to me...

648
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,640
..when we were planning
how to bring him up.

649
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,040
You mustn't be afraid

650
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,360
to go back over conversations
<font color="

651
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,160
Benjamin Spock
says it all the time -

652
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,400
you know more than you think.

653
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:53,840
And you know more than you think

654
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,720
because once upon a time
you had a...

655
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,160
..a lovely, intelligent
partner by your side.

656
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,360
<font color="
to be involved with the baby.

657
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,480
Perhaps not as involved
as this, but...

658
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,800
She trusted you.

659
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,720
And now it's time for you
to trust yourself.

660
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,960
I have to find another nanny,

661
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,680
or I'm not going to be able
<font color="

662
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,240
Then you must trust yourself
to find the right one.

663
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,200
Dr Selleck says these diet sheets

664
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,920
are for preliminary reading.

665
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,840
I don't even know what
preliminary means!

666
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,400
Water!

667
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,280
Yesterday we didn't even know
<font color="

668
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,800
We'll learn.

669
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,200
It's all my fault, George.

670
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,600
Well, if it runs in families,
then it's my fault too.

671
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,520
You heard the specialist
trying to explain it.

672
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,040
No.

673
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:43,760
That couldn't be helped.

674
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,160
<font color="

675
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:48,800
She is what she is.

676
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,080
But I'm the mother
who couldn't see it!

677
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,840
And I made it worse.

678
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,960
I'm awfully sorry to have
kept you for so long.

679
00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:03,680
I hope I didn't make you miss
<font color="
a sort of study group.

680
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,960
There'll be another one next week.
Thank you for speaking with
the nanny agency.

681
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,480
A nurse's authority trumps
a nanny's every time.

682
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,440
And I've made things
<font color="

683
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,440
you will be directing
Jonathan's care,

684
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,600
and Nanny will answer
to nobody else.

685
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,680
You will help me sift through
the applications?

686
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,240
I'm not bowing out until I know

687
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,120
you and Jonathan
<font color="

688
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,560
And the agency have assured me

689
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,360
I'll have a number
of candidates to look at

690
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,880
by tomorrow.

691
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,760
Might I enquire as to
where you're going, Miss Owen?

692
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,720
I'm discharging myself.
I'm entitled!

693
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,240
<font color="

694
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,920
and suffering from pre-eclampsia.

695
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,800
If you go home now, your mother will
bring you straight back here.

696
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,600
I would hope for nothing less
from her.

697
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,680
I'm not going home.
I'm going to my boyfriend's!

698
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,880
<font color="

699
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,400
Miss Owen!

700
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,760
Miss Owen, you must come back!

701
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,600
Miss Owen!

702
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,200
SHE GASPS

703
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:19,360
Jeanette!

704
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,720
FOOTSTEPS

705
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,800
Have you joined another
marriage bureau?

706
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,040
No.

707
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,000
<font color="
of the last one and spent
the money at the sales.

708
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,960
I would have done the same.
If I were you.

709
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,760
But I'm married to my work.

710
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,880
And Jesus.

711
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,520
I sometimes think the work we do

712
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,720
is better than any spouse
<font color="

713
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:58,040
It brings out the best in us,
and it's always there?

714
00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,800
Mm.

715
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,320
Yes.

716
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,800
Exactly that.

717
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,120
You're lucky
you didn't fracture that wrist.

718
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,560
As it is, it broke your fall
and probably saved you
<font color="

719
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,440
I could have hurt the baby,
couldn't I?

720
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:19,720
There's no harm done.

721
00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:21,680
I could have really, really hurt it!

722
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,760
And that's the last thing
in the world I meant to do!

723
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,280
I know. You're to rest now.

724
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,440
Rest and stay well until it's
<font color="

725
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:31,960
I need to look after it.

726
00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:36,040
This is the only care
it's ever going to get from me.

727
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,040
And that makes it very powerful.

728
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,920
But this is not
the only love you'll feel.

729
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,360
And that's important too.

730
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,000
When you look at the lists

731
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,840
<font color="

732
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,880
I mean, even when
you look at the food...

733
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:56,600
I don't know how
we're going to do it.

734
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,840
They said the dietician
would help us.

735
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,440
The dietician isn't going to move in
here and cook three meals a day for
<font color="

736
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,480
No. She isn't.

737
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,000
And it's just like,
everything is protein.

738
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,480
Ham's a protein.

739
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:09,960
Eggs are protein.

740
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,000
I think even sausages and cheese,

741
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,200
and Angel Delight,
because you make it with milk.

742
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,640
<font color="

743
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,480
I don't know, George!

744
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:20,840
I don't know!

745
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,520
Time for another urine sample,
I'm afraid.

746
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,720
Are the tests still
coming back all right?

747
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,760
There's not been a great deal
to concern us

748
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,360
<font color="
but that shows

749
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,120
these precautions
are doing the trick.

750
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:41,560
How do you know?

751
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,400
Know what?

752
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,360
What it feels like
to give a baby away?

753
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,200
With one thing and another,

754
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,240
I've given it
<font color="

755
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,680
Did it happen to you?

756
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,560
Did you have to give a baby up?

757
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,360
No. I took two babies in -

758
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,920
my adopted daughter,
Angela, as a newborn,

759
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:01,600
and our foster child, May.

760
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,240
She's a little older, but
she has a mother still alive.

761
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:07,600
<font color="
so very often.

762
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,560
Do you despise them
for giving their babies up?

763
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,160
No.

764
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,640
I revere them for their bravery.

765
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:18,680
And I think of them with love,
because I chose their babies,

766
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,000
and they had no choice at all.

767
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,200
<font color="
they did the right thing?

768
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,600
Every day, with every breath I take,

769
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,800
I make sure they did
the right thing.

770
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,080
They are the children
I prayed for.

771
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,840
I pray for their mothers now.

772
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,520
I hope my baby
<font color="

773
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,880
The adoption society had
a bit of good news for us

774
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,360
this morning. Did they?

775
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,320
There's room in their nursery
for the baby straight away.

776
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,720
It means you won't have to go
to the mother and baby home

777
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:53,360
<font color="

778
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,360
Can't we just stick to the
arrangements we already made?

779
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,040
I went to look at it this morning.

780
00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,480
Oh, it's lovely.

781
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,160
The nurses wear pale yellow,

782
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,520
and, when the prospective
parents are coming

783
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:04,840
to see a baby,

784
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,080
<font color="

785
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,760
It's a happy sort of place.

786
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,320
SHE GASPS

787
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,720
Are you in pain?

788
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,320
I think I might be in labour. Nurse!

789
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,120
Nurse, we think she's starting!

790
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:17,320
Don't worry, Jeanette.

791
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,480
Let me take a look at you
<font color="

792
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:20,880
where we're at. I'm scared!

793
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,520
There's nothing to be scared of!

794
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,240
I'm not leaving you.
I can stay, can't I?

795
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:26,800
If that's what Jeanette wants.

796
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:29,280
It isn't what I want.

797
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,920
If you'd like to stay
<font color="

798
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,040
we'll come out and let you know
how things are going.

799
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:35,720
She's only 16!

800
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:37,480
And she's a bright girl

801
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,520
who knows her own mind.

802
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,520
SHE GASPS

803
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,680
SHE GASPS

804
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,840
I want to move Jeanette in here
straight away.

805
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,400
<font color="

806
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,480
but she hasn't been
to any ante-natal classes

807
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,320
and she isn't coping well with
the pain. Is it any wonder?

808
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,240
That mother of hers has been
running the whole show.

809
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:03,240
Chasing the boyfriend off,
<font color="

810
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,720
Now it's finally got to a point
where she can't take over

811
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:07,760
and actually give birth,

812
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,120
Jeanette's gone into a panic!
Pupil Midwife Corrigan,
that is uncalled for.

813
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,800
I don't think honesty
is ever uncalled for.

814
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,600
<font color="
bullied to the point

815
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,640
where she's breaking her heart
and frozen stiff!

816
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,600
Nobody's listened to a word
she has to say.

817
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,280
I'm listening to every word
Jeanette has to say.

818
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:24,800
Which is why her mother

819
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,080
<font color="
and will stay there.

820
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,800
Waiting to take that baby and
hand it over to God knows who!

821
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,320
And why I am going to
take the lead in this delivery.

822
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,080
Midwifery isn't just about
the number of births you can

823
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,800
<font color="

824
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,440
Sometimes, it's about
reading a situation

825
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,440
with as much sensitivity

826
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,480
and common sense as you can muster

827
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,240
and putting your own emotions
to one side.

828
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:49,120
You can't get the best result
for the mother

829
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,760
<font color="
centre stage.

830
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,720
I thought nursing was
all about compassion.

831
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,000
It is.

832
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,280
But what I am seeing now is passion,

833
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,600
and that is not the same at all.

834
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,480
JEANETTE CRIES OUT

835
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,880
JEANETTE GASPS

836
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,080
<font color="

837
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,400
Excellent work.

838
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:17,960
It is work, though, isn't it?

839
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,720
It's not easy.

840
00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:21,560
But you're doing it like an expert.

841
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,120
SHE GROANS

842
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,480
I can see Baby's head.

843
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,400
SHE GROANS

844
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,000
Hello, Glen.

845
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:40,840
<font color="

846
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,240
My mum says thank you, too.

847
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,600
I'm not a monster.

848
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,400
I'm just...

849
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:54,920
..her mother.

850
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,080
Oh!

851
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,480
Good girl. Good girl.

852
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,760
This is the burning sensation
we told you about.

853
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,040
Just short pushes now.

854
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,440
<font color="

855
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:14,200
That's it, the head's out...

856
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,800
Just the head?!

857
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,560
It's all right, Jeanette.
That's the hard part done.

858
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:23,520
It's a boy.

859
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,520
Would you like to
hold the baby now, Jeanette?

860
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,240
Or after we've bathed
<font color="

861
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:33,720
Now, please.

862
00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:34,760
Of course.

863
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,240
BABY CRIES

864
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:44,560
A receiver for the placenta,
please, Pupil Midwife Corrigan.

865
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,040
Yes, Mrs Turner.

866
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,920
Roll of drums! You're a grandma.

867
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,720
And you're a father.

868
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:15,240
It's a boy.

869
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,800
<font color="
to see who comes in first?

870
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,720
Would you like to sit down
and hold Baby, Mrs Owen?

871
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,920
No, thank you.
I've got a bit of a cold.

872
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,840
We can fetch you a mask.

873
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,560
No, thank you.
Er, I'll wait outside,

874
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,120
<font color="

875
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,040
Can I hold him?

876
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,520
Of course you can.

877
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,480
Let's see how he shapes up.

878
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,600
The most important thing to remember

879
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,240
is to support Baby's head.

880
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,800
It should nestle nicely
in the crook of your arm.

881
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,120
<font color="

882
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,120
And so heavy.

883
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,320
I didn't think he'd look
so finished.

884
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,880
So like a complete person.

885
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,360
And look at that face.

886
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,640
I can't stop looking at his face.

887
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,000
It's a like a little dish
of promises.

888
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:35,560
<font color="

889
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,240
When I look at him,

890
00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:45,400
all I can see is his future.

891
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:53,520
SHE SOBS

892
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:57,840
DOOR OPENS

893
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:06,680
SHE SOBS

894
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,920
Can I make you a cup of tea,
Mrs Owen?

895
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,680
It's an awful hard decision...

896
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:23,880
..to give a baby up.

897
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,200
<font color="

898
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:10,200
And Jesus answering saith unto them,

899
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,240
have faith in God.

900
00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:14,760
For verily I say unto you

901
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,880
that whosoever shall
say unto this mountain,

902
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,440
be thou removed
and be thou cast into the sea,

903
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,280
and shall not doubt in his heart

904
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,240
<font color="
these things which he saith

905
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:28,120
shall come to pass...

906
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:28,120
PHONE RINGS

907
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,600
..he shall have whatsoever he saith.

908
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,800
Therefore I say unto you...

909
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,800
RINGING CONTINUES

910
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:38,160
..what things so ever
ye desire, when ye pray,

911
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,840
<font color="

912
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:42,640
and you shall have them.

913
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,440
Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.

914
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,120
Good morning. Sister.

915
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:02,520
Oh.

916
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,040
I'm glad it's you.

917
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:08,880
DOOR OPENS

918
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,280
Good morning.

919
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,960
I'm not allowed to be here, am I?

920
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,880
<font color="
advised me of your presence,

921
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,160
which I consider to be
irregular, but will overlook.

922
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,520
I bring glad tidings!

923
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:26,920
I have found a place

924
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,440
for you and the little one
to St Morwenna's

925
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,480
<font color="

926
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,360
The usual stay is four to six weeks,

927
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,480
and they will liaise with
the adoption society.

928
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:39,680
Now, I'm to submit the forms today,

929
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,320
if you will grant me
your assistance.

930
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,880
Do we have a name for Baby?

931
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,680
<font color="
the birth certificate?

932
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,560
No. You will see to that at the
registry office in due course.

933
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:51,520
Once Baby is adopted,

934
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:55,680
a new certificate will be
issued with his new name,

935
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,320
but the original
will remain on record,

936
00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,680
<font color="

937
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,360
and the name you originally
chose for your little boy.

938
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,080
I've had all sorts of names
going through my head.

939
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,920
I didn't settle on one
cos I didn't think it mattered.

940
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:13,280
Now I know it does.
What about Oliver?

941
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,240
<font color="
you've been reading?

942
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:19,240
I've never heard of anyone
called Oliver in real life!

943
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,600
It's as though it never
caught on or came into fashion.

944
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:25,200
I have a soft spot
for literary appellations.

945
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:26,960
My own middle name is Trilby.

946
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:29,960
<font color="
by George du Maurier.

947
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,360
Millicent Trilby Higgins.

948
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,120
I like it.

949
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:36,320
Oliver it is.

950
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,160
Oliver Roberts.

951
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,280
Same surname as his father.

952
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:43,600
Right.

953
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:47,520
I keep thinking about Elaine.

954
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,920
She's being very,
<font color="

955
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,040
Better than
she was looked after by me.

956
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,040
Oh, you mustn't think
like that, Vera.

957
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,680
And I'm certainly not going
to let you talk like that.

958
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,680
What if there's something wrong
with this one?

959
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,400
<font color="

960
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,760
We'll be testing the new baby
within a few days of birth

961
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,560
and supporting you
every step of the way.

962
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:07,840
I can't cope on my own!

963
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:09,040
You won't have to.

964
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:10,520
I got the flannel and the water.

965
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,520
Thank you. We're going to
<font color="

966
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:14,760
to feel more comfortable.

967
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,720
I actually think, young man,

968
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:26,880
that you and I
are going to be all right.

969
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,280
That is my considered view.

970
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:34,920
And I trust myself.

971
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:38,360
Right.

972
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,840
One romper suit,

973
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:44,120
<font color="

974
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:48,600
and then we are going to
express our gratitude.

975
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:57,080
Miss Higgins, I went round to
the shops at feeding time

976
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:58,640
and bought something for Jeanette.

977
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,320
Look.

978
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,080
It's a baby book!

979
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:03,680
How nice! She likes books,

980
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,160
<font color="
to write down everything -

981
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,600
birth weight, colour of eyes,
when he smiles his first smile.

982
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,280
I think that might happen
in the mother and baby home.

983
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:21,200
So she can write that in.

984
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,400
I think that's
absolutely delightful.

985
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,360
<font color="

986
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:34,240
Such important details should
be recorded in ink, in my view.

987
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,120
Is it all right to go
through to Jeanette?

988
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:57,280
It is officially visiting time.

989
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,840
We can go straight in.

990
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,920
This is Miss Norton
<font color="

991
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:13,240
We have the head now!
We have the head.

992
00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:15,360
Just rest and catch your breath.

993
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:16,800
I don't want it...

994
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,440
Vera, I know that's not true.

995
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,320
And you know how hard you've worked

996
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,000
to get to exactly this moment.

997
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,480
I'm scared.

998
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,480
<font color="
scared I can't cope with it.

999
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:30,400
And the bravest thing you can
possibly do is to say that.

1000
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,760
Do you hear me?
You are as strong now

1001
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:36,120
as you will ever have to be.
You will not fail.

1002
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:37,680
You've got me, Vee.

1003
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,440
<font color="

1004
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:43,440
Push, Vera! Push! Use all
the power you have. Use it!

1005
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,640
BABY CRIES

1006
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,360
See what you have done?

1007
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:57,320
A beautiful, beautiful little boy.

1008
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:21,760
BABY GURGLES

1009
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,120
BABY CRIES

1010
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,440
JEANETTE SOBS

1011
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:44,640
<font color="
It's his feeding time!
He needs his bottle!

1012
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:48,480
He's going to the adoption society
nursery. They can feed him there.
We're supposed to be going

1013
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:52,520
to the mother and baby home! Miss
<font color="
was arranged. You can't take him!

1014
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:54,360
He's our baby!
If you will excuse me.

1015
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,120
That's his name bracelet!

1016
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,440
His name is Oliver!

1017
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,280
Oliver!

1018
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,440
What's happened?

1019
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:08,040
<font color="
the adoption nursery.

1020
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:11,800
This is your baby's
identity bracelet, Glen.

1021
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:13,440
It states his date of birth

1022
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,880
and the name you chose for him
with his mother.

1023
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:20,240
You may keep it, always,
as his parents.

1024
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:23,320
<font color="

1025
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:24,760
Can I show her?

1026
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:26,960
Jeanette is going to be given
a sedative

1027
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:28,760
and then she will sleep.

1028
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,560
Would you like some tea?

1029
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,400
I shall see to it forthwith.

1030
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:39,040
And Timothy will find you
an envelope for the bracelet.

1031
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:43,000
<font color="

1032
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:46,720
If it's the church adoption
nursery, it's a lovely place.

1033
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:51,680
It's sunny,
and the nurses all wear yellow.

1034
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,120
My baby sister came from there.

1035
00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:02,120
I remember going to get her.

1036
00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:06,720
JEANETTE SOBS

1037
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:09,760
I wish we were back in Cubs.

1038
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:11,240
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1039
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:15,240
When his eyes are shut,

1040
00:53:15,240 --> 00:53:18,160
it's like looking at Elaine
when she was a newborn.

1041
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,240
I remember that.

1042
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:22,960
All I could feel was love.

1043
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:26,000
No fear at all.

1044
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:29,600
You heard what Sister Julienne said.

1045
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:32,240
Wait till we get the tests done.

1046
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,280
<font color="
Are you sure?

1047
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:39,920
It says so on the order.

1048
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:47,760
I shouldn't have read that card.

1049
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,320
I've fallen into sin

1050
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:50,720
and keep wondering who Jonty is.

1051
00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:53,440
Jonty's definitely a man's name.

1052
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,920
I'm just wondering
if it sounds a bit theatrical.

1053
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:57,720
<font color="
what sort of a man

1054
00:53:57,720 --> 00:53:59,600
sends a woman
a Swiss cheese plant.

1055
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:01,840
The question is,
not what sort of a man,

1056
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:06,400
but why this precise
botanical specimen?

1057
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,880
Every bloom has a meaning
when presented thus.

1058
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,520
<font color="

1059
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:14,080
of the language of flowers.

1060
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:16,440
That's a very old book.
Has it got Swiss cheese plants?

1061
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:19,600
It has japonica,
which this resembles.

1062
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:20,840
Loveliness.

1063
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,240
It's got a look
of a rhododendron about it.

1064
00:54:23,240 --> 00:54:27,200
<font color="
"Beware. I am dangerous!"

1065
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:30,920
What's all this?

1066
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,800
The evidence suggests
you've got an admirer.

1067
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:38,760
And his intentions are ambiguous.

1068
00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:41,520
Jonty is short for Jonathan.

1069
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,520
And he's a six-month-old baby!

1070
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:44,960
ALL CHUCKLE

1071
00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:48,000
<font color="
this morning.

1072
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:51,200
They said Elaine's already
responding to the diet.

1073
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:52,920
And when I go in, in a few days,

1074
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:54,920
I might notice that her eczema
has improved.

1075
00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:57,480
I'm going in this afternoon.
The nurse is going to show me

1076
00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,120
<font color="

1077
00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:02,040
Is that going to hurt him?

1078
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:04,440
It's a tiny prick
rather than an injection.

1079
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:08,000
The urine stick
doesn't hurt at all, of course,

1080
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,800
but this blood test
can be done sooner,

1081
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:13,520
and we want to put your mind
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1082
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:18,200
It is extremely kind of you,
Mr Aylward,

1083
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:19,920
but not at all necessary.

1084
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,800
What's it like? The plant?

1085
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:23,200
It's quite large.

1086
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,160
And it hasn't got any flowers on it

1087
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:27,080
or anything like that, has it?

1088
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,120
No. It's just leaves.

1089
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:30,280
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1090
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:32,640
Only, I said to the florist
it was a thank you,

1091
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:33,720
and a profound one,

1092
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:36,440
but in a strictly business
and professional context,

1093
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:40,120
not in an emotional
or personal sense.

1094
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:44,560
Because anything like that
<font color="

1095
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:45,600
No.

1096
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,120
There are no flowers
on this plant, Mr Aylward.

1097
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:49,160
I promise you.

1098
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:52,800
MRS OWEN: Open it!

1099
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:56,720
It's your O-level results.

1100
00:55:58,040 --> 00:55:59,960
It won't make any difference now.

1101
00:55:59,960 --> 00:56:01,720
I'm starting sixth form

1102
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:03,400
<font color="

1103
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:06,400
and I'll be learning,
learning all the time.

1104
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,600
But the one thing
that I'll never know

1105
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:10,040
is what happened to my baby.

1106
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:11,920
It's a fresh start.

1107
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:15,280
You've got a clean slate. And
it's what you said you wanted

1108
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:16,600
<font color="

1109
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,360
The only fresh start
I want is with Glen,

1110
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:19,720
and you're going to have to

1111
00:56:19,720 --> 00:56:21,520
let me have that. Jeanette, love...

1112
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:23,280
The decision's already been made.

1113
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:31,360
We're going to help you dry up
your milk supply, Jeanette.

1114
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:35,280
<font color="
observed breast binding before.

1115
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:36,720
Do you mind if she helps us?

1116
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,560
Come on, sweetie. Let's get
you out of that nightdress.

1117
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:45,280
He definitely hasn't got PKU, then?

1118
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:46,920
He won't be as sick as Elaine?

1119
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:50,400
The blood test is negative
<font color="

1120
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,960
It's a perfectly normal result.

1121
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:54,760
It certainly seems safe to say so.

1122
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:57,120
He was always going
to be perfect to us.

1123
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,560
Just like Elaine is. Perfect.

1124
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:01,600
In a different way, and...

1125
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:02,880
..just as special.

1126
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:09,960
MATURE JENNIFER: Sometimes
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1127
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:14,160
but for the grace
to accept the status quo.

1128
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:20,200
We must embrace
the way things are,

1129
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:24,520
and let life frame
the love we have to share.

1130
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,760
We wait for meaning
to be made apparent.

1131
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:40,400
<font color="
we are promised...

1132
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,160
..or will choose.

1133
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:50,560
We wait as things unfold
and take the shape they will,

1134
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:53,840
not knowing what the future holds,

1135
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:57,440
or quite where we are flying,

1136
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:59,960
or what we have begun.

1137
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,400
Mrs Gupta, these chemicals

1138
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:07,400
<font color="
when you mix them.

1139
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:08,680
There's a piece missing.

1140
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:12,360
Manju, I think some of your
placenta is still in your womb.

1141
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:15,280
No doctor would subject a
patient to a medical procedure

1142
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,560
that carries risks unless
they felt it was necessary.

1143
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:21,440
<font color="
hate to see your bloody worst.