All My Babies (Georgia Dept of Public Health, 1952)

This film features a middle-aged, experienced midwife named Mrs. Mary Cooley. Throughout the film, Mrs. Cooley helps two women, Ida and Marybell, throughout their pregnancies and deliveries. Ida, a mother of two, is very responsible and attends regular checkups, whereas Marybell confesses to have never seen a doctor and has had one miscarriage and one stillborn infant. Mrs. Cooley takes both women to the doctor for regular blood and urine tests, explains to them what they should eat to have healthy pregnancies, and helps get their homes ready. It is clear that she has a good relationship with the two expectant mothers and quickly earns their trust. A public health officer lectures a group of midwives on the importance of keeping everything clean. Earlier, a baby in their town died of infection, which put Mrs. Cooley on edge, afraid that she, too, might lose a baby to carelessness. Eventually, with much careful preparation, Mrs. Cooley delivers both babies without complication, and a post-delivery checkup proves that both mothers are healthy.
Produced by the State of Georgia Department of Public Health.
Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: resource.nlm.nih.gov/8600326A
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[@janinelew2483]

My grandmother was delivered by a midwife at home in 1928. Eighty eight years later, she took her last breath in the same room she was born in.

[@tonyasullivan7130]

The story you tell in two sentences is absolutely beautiful.

[@austinrichards1740]

Omg

[@janinelew2483]

@@tonyasullivan7130 Thank you! She was an absolutely beautiful lady as well. I really miss her.

[@texastea5686]

❤

[@jmommay0362]

I’m sure she was such a precious person. It’s the treasures like these that have left this world and are leaving this world. We won’t have them for too much longer :(

[@okimawilcox1550]

I’m sure Miss Mary has passed into eternity by now. May her soul rest in sweetest peace for her good works.

[@sandracheeks1811]

Those rural midwives were truly angels...saving thousands upon thousands of moms and babies. Their knowledge and skills are not given the recognition they deserve!!! Bless them!!!

[@carolcrowley3040]

That's right, hundreds of Black american women in this country have died as a result of these hospitals skipping such basic procedures as seen here.

[@rubymargaritais5657]

Who the H thumbs this video down?

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

@Living Woman Ministries Here in the UK, midwives are highly skilled and all women are looked after primarily by a midwife, and a midwife delivers the baby and visits mother and baby regularly for 6 weeks after the birth to carry on health checks and answer any questions. You can call and speak to your midwife or cover midwife in the team anytime during this period. They also help with breastfeeding care and techniques. Only where there are complications is an obstetrician involved. The maternal mortality rate in the UK is about half that of the USA. Women and babies in the USA would benefit enormously from access to highly trained midwives. There is a wonderful book and TV series from the BBC called 'Call the Midwife', covering the lives of community midwives and nurses working in the east end of London through the 50s and 60s, through the period from changing from private medicine to the introduction of the NHS. These midwives worked and lived in their communities, delivered babies at home, in small maternity clinics and hospitals in emergencies. They saved thousands and thousands of women and babies.

[@tpw9099]

Amen!

[@carolcrowley3040]

@@tpw9099 Read it again.

[@mariaalamillo3510]

Not going to lie, I am an anxious person and a worrywort by nature. I would much rather give birth in that house, with that sweet woman soothing me and calming me down, than in a busy hospital with doctors and nurses rushing in and out. Midwifery is an age old practice that is to be honored and respected.

[@GarwinWayne]

after watching this IMO they need to bring that back (midwife)

[@JustAnotherBuckyLover]

@@GarwinWayne Midwives are still a thing. In the UK most babies are born with a midwife (though usually in hospital or birth centres) and midwives are highly trained and qualified medical professionals. They also exist in the US although the level of training and qualification varies, depending upon the state. I'm sure they also exist elsewhere, too.

[@tstheloner153]

"anxious person and worrywart by nature" THAT'S ME OMG!!!!

[@angelaalexander6421]

I had a midwife in the O.R. with me and my children the whole time. I was a high risk. Midwives are awesome. I would recommend a midwife to anyone.

[@JustAnotherBuckyLover]

@@angelaalexander6421 I'm glad that having a midwife around helped to make you more comfortable during what was/were, no doubt, incredibly stressful time(s), especially with being high-risk. Having a birth attendant who makes you feel safe and relaxed, as well as knowing that they can advocate for you at your most vulnerable is something everyone should have, whether it's a midwife, a doula, or just a reliable, cool-headed friend, family member or partner - and IMO it's just as important as having great medical care. If you can happen to combine both in a midwife, then even better, especially if they're also around to check in after the birth, make sure you and the baby (or babies) are all doing well, help you through those first tough hours and days, particularly with your first kid! A friend of mine became a (UK) midwife and had been determined to follow that dream from before high school age. She always knew it was what she wanted to do and it's been the only thing she's ever done since, for the last twenty or so years. When you consider how many babies she must have helped to deliver in that time, it's amazing, and of course, she's not done yet. Such a rewarding (if physically and sometimes emotionally very challenging, too).

[@berthalewis7910]

My daughter asked me who was the midwife in my community of Albany, Ga. and I said Ms. Mary, she then showed me this video. Ms. Mary delivered me and most of my sisters and brothers from the 1930's to the 1950's. My last sister was the only one born in a hospital in 1959. Ms. Mary was nice and sweet and did not live too far from where I grew up. She is the only midwife that I was aware of so maybe they divided the midwives to deliver babies in different districts.

[@tiffanymarise9719]

Oh my goodness.. how precious this is to know that you have been able to see this story.. I must say miss Mary was a angel from God himself and how sweet it is that she delivered you and your siblings.. I'm so happy you shared this story.. you were touched by a Angel

[@Clydekid]

Awe what a beautiful woman.

[@jmcee6122]

That's so cool!! She does seem awfully sweet.

[@tammyl1646]

Women caring for women...let's take care of each other!

[@austinrichards1740]

Tammy L yes I second that

[@FleurHarleaux]

Amen sister!🌻

[@NESHAMA73]

I know I'm white and they probably hate me but I just want those ladies to hold me and tell me everything gonna be alright. I'd love them so much. Why there got to be hate in this world. We are all just people.

[@tanw.5149]

Amen sis!!!!! Let's ❤❤❤❤

[@tanw.5149]

@@NESHAMA73 ohhh Mara that made me teary eyed. So warm and kind. I just want to hug you no matter your color we are one ppl❤❤❤ take care and God bless you!!!

[@jorgieg1]

I love these old educational films. There’s something tender and poignant about them. And I was born in 1948, so I can relate to them. This one is especially endearing for how it shows the caring and love from the midwives to all the family members.

[@Lisa-pb3qp]

As a Registered Nurse, I am so impressed with Miss Mary. She is a true pioneering midwife of the time.

[@twatwaffle2634]

I love the fact that these Fathers were there.

[@judilynn9569]

Yes. This was before the welfare system ran them from the home. But also, these families hadn't been ripped apart by the post-slavery police system.

[@cindypattana6071]

@@judilynn9569 Keep telling yourself those lies.

[@MrsMrMoney]

@@judilynn9569 I think OP is talking about how most times, back in those days the father was not involved in the birth or anything surrounding it. Fathers being present and engaged during birth is relatively modern.

[@apriljasso9731]

I was surprised...definitely not the picture painted today

[@carolyndarley1045]

@@judilynn9569 You know your stuff. The Nat'l Statistics say that, prior to c.1960, Black 2 parent households were at a staggering 86 percent. With the welfare system Keeping the men from home, its become trend that is now reality.

[@ean5469]

The doctor treated the midwives as professionals. Nice

[@LilySaintSin]

In the UK midwives are trained professionals

[@Prophezora]

People werent all racist back in the day.

[@AlCatSplat]

@@Prophezora most of them were

[@jehouse61]

This is a beautiful tribute to all women, but especially the unsung women of color from our past.

[@jewleeborrasca6924]

Amen ❤️

[@christianmiller1723]

You're absolutely right. I wasn't expecting this to be as forward thinking for the time as it was. Made me cry.

[@madonnashelton7913]

I agree. I loved it. 💙

[@teresacody5188]

Daughters of Zion!

[@kyleyakich3800]

AMEN

[@RaccoonJinchuriki]

Bizarre how midwifery is now considered an alternative medicine when that was the original way babies were brought into the world.

[@crystaln6988]

they found a way to make tons of money on it now.

[@emlem576]

Midwifes are standard in Europe, is this not the case in other parts of the world as well?

[@carriemummy]

In the UK every baby is born with a midwife unless something goes wrong. I'm glad it's that way here. They have the time to sit with you all the way through the delivery (well, assuming the ward isn't too busy) and it's much nicer.

[@ashleyschiek3757]

They’re considered alternative in the US. In other countries, midwives are considered an integral part of medicine.

[@Incessuserro]

The choir. That music. It's enough to make me go to the nearest church, humble myself before God, and thank Him for such beautiful music. This, from an Epicurean Agnostic.

[@NajSinghs]

Lol ❤

[@updownstate]

This is much better than I thought it would be. Not patronizing, or not very. People being educated and trained by women in the community, of the community When my mother was a visiting nurse she did an at-home well baby visit to every baby born in her area, gave moms advice and reassurance, made referrals for mom and baby as needed. It was funded by the county so it cost the moms and babies nothing. No one ever turned down her services, even if they didn't speak English. She loved nothing more than a baby. Miss you, Ma.

[@justred5164]

My great grandma was a midwife in NC. She delivered all the babies in Northampton county

[@doodles8966]

I love how the nurse dried the mothers eyes when she cried,..love doesn't see race.

[@kyleyakich3800]

You're wrong. Love SEES race. Love HONORS differences. Love wins

[@chaznonya4]

@@kyleyakich3800 You're wrong. You honor the person, not the color. Doodle is right. Stop seeing color.

[@judilynn9569]

Realize, the nurse was biracial.

[@judilynn9569]

@@kyleyakich3800 Thing is...there is no such thing as "race". Love sees humanity.

[@Prophezora]

🧡

[@mascara1777]

To everyone asking what the first song is, it's "Ain't a That Good News." I sang it in highschool choir and still remember the lyrics: "I got a crown up in a the Kingdom, ain't a that good news? I got a crown up in a the Kingdom, ain't a that good news? I'm a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up a my cross. Gonna take it home to my Jesus, ain't a that good news?" Etc

[@wayupnorth18]

Thank you!

[@glory2hisname1]

We sung this too in high school choir.

[@adriannadd1983]

Is that song in the movie of lean on me when the teacher told the choir they were singing wrong?

[@anitramajors6241]

@@adriannadd1983 Yes

[@natashawall8131]

I sang it in my high school choir too in the 80s.

[@cameronrowell192]

Okay. I want Ms. Mary to deliver my next baby. She is so wonderful.

[@rogercurtis9876]

IKR

[@livingintongues]

Was.. 😔

[@SuperVendetta9]

Ms. Mary is Dr. and Pediatrician Mary.

[@kroakie4]

This is just beautiful. I love how the midwives genuinely love their patients and tend to them like they were family. It really makes my heart swell with happiness.

[@carebear67street3]

Just beautiful... This is so much better then being in a scary cold hospital!

[@angelicmartin3902]

Ms.mary was a great example for all midwives 👍👍🌈🌻💖

[@michellecharlton4106]

Miss Mary had more education in her pinky than any college education.And I wish I could have given Maybell a big hug. She lost two babies for goodness sake and she was afraid she was going to lose another one . She was anxious and grieving and no one to support her 😥

[@lisalu910]

This film showed a good relationship between the medical establishment and the lay midwives - they had mutual respect and worked together. The midwife insisted on a medical checkup before she took a case, and the doctors held training sessions and provided a support system to the women who were delivering babies. Win/win for the mothers they served.

[@YouKnowMeDuh]

It really sucks that we got all "modern". If we think about it, it's not possible for every woman who goes to the hospital to receive this level of one-on-one care. Nurses have too many patients to take care of and they have to manage their time wisely, in the best case scenario. Many mothers just want to be cared for when they are in such desperate moments like during labor and childbirth and some do not get that at all :(

[@breathlesshaste]

The slop jar... oh man, my great grandmother didn't have indoor plumbing and I definitely remember the slop jar.

[@ColoradoLady36]

I love Miss Mary. She's wonderful, sassy/sarcastic and good at her midwifery.

[@fondoftheduh]

This reminds me of my grandmother's stories. Her mother was a mid-wife. My mom and her siblings were born at home in a country shack. We are white. I'm seeing comments about black but I believe this was just normal in those times.

[@okimawilcox1550]

Yes, it was just how it was. I’d venture to say, that women helping a d educating women is how it started and how it should have always been. It got sketchy when men took over thinking that they knew better.

[@YouKnowMeDuh]

Hospitals weren't always a thing, and weren't always accessible. If you think about it, we are very lucky to have access to the things we do now, because it hasn't been very long that things such as medical care, police, firefighters, or any other service we use for help and protection were just a call away. Honestly, it's kind of scary to think that if you were in trouble and needed help, you would have to help yourself and hope for the best before there ever was a 911 or telephone lines run in your area. Our predecessors were certainly strong individuals!

[@GerisSpecialtyGifts]

The importance of prenatal, and post natal care for pregnancy.

[@battybethc]

That is one beautiful woman! Bless her! ❤🙏🕯

[@OanhSchlesinger]

I like to watch old documentaries like these. A good history lesson.

[@brij7771]

The poor woman had prenatal depression. What an awful thing to go through, especially when living in such difficult circumstances.

[@arcticfox7153]

They are some pretty babies! God bless Ida and MayBelle 🤗🥰. Thank goodness for the midwife and the nurse and doctor. 1952! Women looking after women....♥️

[@minecrfnchnmentb3067]

When you realize the baby is probably 68 now

[@junelynn63]

11 years my senior lol

[@texastea5686]

Yup. My mom was born March 1952

[@lainalopez3212]

I kept wondering what year this was made, because I couldn’t find a date for the this engaging short film. I was born in 1957 (does that make me old?) ...hahahahaha ...😄 I already know that although I’m unfamiliar the songs in the film... they’re going to get stuck in my head, and I’m glad for it! I really have enjoyed watching this film, who knew, they already had reality shows going back 63+ years ago? 😉

[@mEmE-dc4qg]

@@lainalopez3212 your not old

[@lainalopez3212]

@@mEmE-dc4qg Awwww shucks! That’s so nice of you to say considering the number goes up another notch in just a week from today! ☘️

[@tanasiacampos5836]

I don't typically like to watch things in black and white but this was quite captivating, couldn't stop watching 👌

[@bgirl8565]

I used to be the same way, hated it in fact. Now that I'm older, I prefer it. It transports you back into time..

[@tonirosesmasden2893]

Thank you for sharing ! I spent my career working OB / GYN ! I loved taking care of women and teaching self care .

[@dchino8679]

what a sweet treasure of a film, and surprisingly, quite a bit of it is still accurate even today.

[@janesmith9024]

Yes, I suspect it is the wisdom of the ages and binds us all together as women and mothers. The immediate feeding (getting all that good colostrum), even make sure you move around in labour is all wise and always has been.

[@marylclc1269]

@@janesmith9024 I was happy to see that, too. I'm a lactation consultant and was hoping the babies went right to breast. I hope Maybelle's baby got that good colostrum milk, too.

[@ms.marshall5701]

Loved how the mommy gave her daughter some of food before she took a bite herself. That's how moms are supposed to do 🥰

[@milky205]

Yes

[@anitamcgriff974]

Love caring 4 babies & moms people cared 4 each other back in the day now it's about money materials things what a sweet film❤

[@mckinleycason8884]

If you can’t love Ms. Mary, I don’t want to know you!

[@emmanuallemarro3908]

This is so sweet. It brings back memories and a big smile . How lovely is the midwife. Second to none.

[@lennettepageruss1751]

I love the way everyone is getting alone and everyone are being so good to each other

[@grams5025]

So beautiful! Glory to her and those beautiful women and their precious babies! God bless them and the love that was shown.

[@candicelynn1691]

While I can see how people might perceive certain aspects of this video as racist, in my opinion it more of a reflection on the reality of the times in which it was filmed. In fact, in some ways it's actually very forward thinking for its time.

[@lisalu910]

I totally agree. I actually found it surprisingly "forward" in that the medical establishment supported the lay midwives rather than try to discredit them as has often been the case in the past.

[@BigMamou367]

lisalu910 it wasn't to soon after that they banned most midwives.

[@christinaheuer7169]

Michelle Mamou can you cite something unbiased to that statement? I can’t find anything to support that.

[@daddygirlchanelhines4600]

@@christinaheuer7169 For real i had an midwive for my middle son.

[@karenramnath9993]

Michelle Mamou Midwives are still around...

[@angieware735]

A Jewel of a film !!

[@poet82n]

There's a longer version where they show the actual delivery of the babies. But nonetheless this is great. I always come back to watch it every once in a while. Ms. Mary makes me feel loved. She reminds me of my grandmother.

[@woodendful]

A Mother will always be a Mother

[@JanCannell]

So beautiful! I haven't seen this film since I was in midwifery school 41 years ago.

[@angabluewellness8604]

So this was like a go to?

[@patricia-leas22]

Beautiful story, I wish I had such a brilliant midwife. 1400 and counting... wow.. Miss Mary, your a gift, you and all the midwives that followed.

[@coolkingww2d-daygillespie196]

Awww the most beautiful video I've ever watched, I'm proud of all my babies.

[@texastea5686]

23;01 best part ever, when I was able to nurse my son soon after birth. I was not able to nurse my daughter, my firstborn so it was such a joy to know that I could nurse and my son latched on properly

[@SolSkinn]

My great-grandma was a Norwegian immigrant and a midwife in rural MN. I can't imagine how hard that must have been before cars in the snow.

[@LuxeLifeLauren]

This was the year my mother was born. She was born in a car on the way to the hospital.

[@angieharris2068]

A wonderful film about love. Wish we had more movies like this. My grandmother said her best births were with a midwife. My mother is named after a midwife.

[@heathert5455]

I wouldn't have minded having this lady as a midwife back when I had my babies.

[@susieburrows9232]

Awww I really loved this so beautiful and those babies gorgeous little boys 😍

[@deannalopez6998]

When Ida said “it don’t make no difference to me” my heart melted ❤️ so many folks now a days throw a fit over the gender and forget that having a healthy baby in general is a BIG BLESSING. 💓 Bless her heart.

[@tootsiebabe3555]

WOW. This was supremely beautiful. Thank you for the opportunity to view this. LOVED IT. True Testament to midwives and days gone by.

[@auntjennywren7360]

Oh this was the sweetest little film! I am so emotional now.😭❤️

[@Cindy-cj8bw]

What a sweetie! I would have loved to have her deliver my babies. I love her nice, motherly, calm, efficient demeanor.

[@Sarakate601]

I’m seriously SO ADDICTED to watching all these old school medical videos

[@PPhillip31]

The care shown by Ms Mary, Ms Penny and Dr Newton is priceless, bur Ms Mary was a blessing to all

[@robinjones9920]

What wonderful personal and compassionate care 💜

[@coolkingww2d-daygillespie196]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful babies

[@gloriabond9008]

This was so well done. I'm glad this came into my feed. Interesting how hospitals have tried to recreate this kind of environment... What a sweet, caring midwife & her assistants were great as well. The doctors shown seemed quite good & worked with everyone. Good stuff.

[@cplunajr745]

This is very beautiful presentation. Thank you for sharing 😘

[@luxeternal1258]

I really enjoyed watching such a sweet film. I can see why everyone wanted Miss Mary to be their midwife.

[@emailservices241]

I want to get pregnant and have Ms Mary take care of me.❤️

[@jillnunnen1815]

Just loved this.....melts my heart xxx

[@BInkyheartMJ]

I loved the video. The people in the video talk like my older relatives. There is no racism in it. This is a great educational film for the time. It was thoughtful to keep it culturally in tact for southern poor black people of the time.

[@beckieeaves3942]

This video made me feel so good. Everyone had so much love and compassion for each other. All the families had dads there and so much love. I wish everyone could come to the world and live in families and communities like this. All the riches in the world can’t come close to replacing a loving whole family. Today’s world has so many broken families and non-existent or abusive fathers in all races. Fixing this one issue would solve many of today’s family and society problems. I pray God help our families to be whole again.

[@actualwakandangirl7121]

God bless these wonderful women.🖤

[@coolkingww2d-daygillespie196]

This is a very beautiful show from the 60s im so glad I got to watch this and a very beautiful baby.

[@MimiJoys]

1952

[@junelynn63]

1952 not the 60's

[@katre552]

What a nice kind film. Despite the difficult times, people staid very helpful and kind to each other.

[@sharonambrose8219]

A very special lady God bless her soul

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

What a precious old film...simply precious...

[@sharondavidson7072]

This is so cool to see how midwives operated back in the day!

[@LynnRedwine800]

Thank you very much for this upload.

[@natashawall8131]

This captivated me. I had no intention of watching the entire thing, but I could not avert my eyes. God bless, Ms. Mary. Having babies with midwives WAS common back then and we did see a resurgence of it in the 70s and right now. Fine film. Continue to rest, Ms. Mary. I hope Maybell did ok but the husband treatment was so normal back then. I loved the contrast -- a fit husband vs an unfit one. Established home vs the poverty-strickened one. That was the reality though--living in a plank house. Glad they willingly gave the incubator to the couple. Nowadays they would not dare deliver or come to the home. My mother was an invalid so her one doctor would come to do a home visit. In 2016. Her doctor was over 60 and that is why she did it. She remembered the old method of doing house calls for the sick and shut in. She could not save my mother but the gesture was forever remembered.

[@maseycakes4805]

Go to Netflix and watch “Call the Midwife”. You will see this wasn’t a race thing, it was a poverty thing and that comes in all colors. You won’t regret watching this.

[@salmaabdullahgb]

I agree but it can be both

[@maseycakes4805]

MoonTeller I was very poor growing up in the 70’s. I went without food and we lived in a car. Unless you’ve been that poor you wouldn’t know the struggle and I am white. It comes in all colors

[@maseycakes4805]

MoonTeller I agree with you100%

[@maseycakes4805]

MoonTeller actually I agree with you on all points. I am white too. The media tries to paint us as rich but in reality many of us were poor

[@junelynn63]

Yes most things they attribute to color are really all about poverty it is "poor I so" poverty kills all things when you can not see an end to it.

[@joseymore5588]

HOW SWEET IT IS ......... MID WIFE. HAVING BABIES at home 🏠. Thank You 🎼🌹🎼🌹

[@evamz9584]

Try to find someone like ms. Mary at a hospital today... doesn't happen. My babies 2yo and 1yo were born at the same hospital. And I think the frozen chicken in my fridge has more feeling then any of the nurses or drs. Won't ever forget how it was with the miscarriages... "Rotten apples" - drs words

[@mountaingirl2267]

I know this is exactly how it was for my grandmother and my mother with her first baby

[@zaidamaganda]

I remember when my midwife did a home visit before the birth, I had to have all of the materials from her list ready, including a certain number of sterilized towels.

[@lindaacosta2435]

This is so very interesting and informative! A much simpler time. A kinder family dynamic. How can anyone want to erase history.

[@heathert5455]

The people who want to erase history are the ones who want to rewrite it to suite their agenda/control.

[@kjvmama]

This is such a beautiful piece... God bless them, one and all!!

[@monicadumers2934]

I love these kinda shows I love all people ❤️

[@eshmoney7138]

Wow it's interesting to see how they did things back in the day

[@ilovemartinmilner]

I didn't search for this...but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@maryannielittle7960]

What in the actual good news! I want to be up in all this good news hahaha so so awesome and "something wasn't clean" wake up scene was spot on love this video and that it exists

[@shesgoneforeverlife]

I absolutely loved this video. All the babies and kids were so precious. To think their all grown now. Beautiful just beautiful ♥️♥️

[@elainesmith7512]

This video is so lovely. It warms my heart!

[@VideoSaySo]

I used to live in Albany, GA! When she was serving up the greens on the plate it made me think of the fried chicken and greens they would serve at the local hospital, Phoebe Putney Memorial. If you're ever in Albany on a Sunday or Wednesday, go the extra mile and have the fried chicken at Phoebe...best on the planet! I mean that too!

[@ms.marshall5701]

I'm from Sylvester, Ga. 10 miles from Albany. I also lived in Albany for some years. I currently live in Atlanta. When I had my first and only child May of 2001, I was living in Macon, Ga. I went back home (Albany/Sylvester) the last few weeks of my pregnancy to have my baby so that I could be closer to my family so they could help me (being a first time mom and all). I had been going to the doctor down there because my plans were to have her down there. I had her at Phoebe Putney Hospital. A midwife who worked for my doctor attempted to help me deliver my baby but I had a difficult birth so she had to call my doctor in to come deliver her.

[@VideoSaySo]

@@ms.marshall5701 My husband was the Systems Analyst there...or something like that =)

[@ms.marshall5701]

@@VideoSaySo Cool!

[@ms.marshall5701]

@@VideoSaySo Next time I'm there on a Sunday or a Wednesday I'm going go to Phoebe for the chicken 🐔 😉

[@VideoSaySo]

@@ms.marshall5701 Get the bread they serve with it too! That stuff is like cake =)) Ohhh...now I'm missing it. Lol!

[@sweetlove6916]

These women we’re well taken care of by the doctor, nurse and especially by the Midwife nurse. Throughout this film I saw caring, love and joy it was so nice to see the woman that was afraid her child was going to die smile at the end.

[@ShyVioletIsShy]

The love radiates out of this film.

[@jennyobrien4185]

You have the prettiest name to go with this sweet film🌿🍃🌺🌸

[@ShawnPlusOne]

I loved watching these are always interesting to see an update on everyone would be a dream bonus I’d love to see who the babies and mothers fared in this world and it’s not a choice to eat well if you can’t afford it. Those are good looking precious babies god bless you R.I.P Mary Cooley.

[@teresalee9997]

midwives are a gift. I think in this day and age I would rather have a Midway then a regular doctor. These women were and are just as smart as the doctors.

[@junelynn63]

I was grateful for the pain relief from a doctor though it didn't take it all away.epidural was not done right one half of me MT right side was numb but better than nothing

[@teresalee9997]

@@junelynn63 I am so sorry to hear you had issues with your epidural. Everyone has to walk their Journey. I wish you well

[@junelynn63]

Thank you turned out fine 2 girls 7lbs 11 ounces and 7lbs 5ounces

[@teresalee9997]

@@junelynn63 congratulations. So glad the story had a happy ending.

[@that_oneweebkid4388]

So heartwarming! Where is this kind of love today?

[@Annette64772]

Wow these women need to be recognized . Amazing Angels I’d say !

[@shandericathompson3255]

Maybell was experiencing morning sickness the reason why she wasn’t eating like she suppose. It also look like she was depressed as well.

[@catwilk8213]

Yes I could definitely see that and losing so many babies the first couple times would definitely weigh heavy on her

[@michelle-yt7qr]

Exactly! She looks so out of it. I was like this a few months ago but they put me on Zoloft and put my mind in the right place. Waiting patiently to give birth in December now

[@ASmith-jn7kf]

@@michelle-yt7qr God be with you. Some nurses and doctors are kind and some are not. If you don't like someone ask them for another replacement or make sure you have support with you. If they give you pitocin and it puts baby in distress ask them to turn it off because sometimes they will turn it up. If you have to have a c-section wait until it's absolutely necessary and not a pit to distress situation.

[@ASmith-jn7kf]

How does someone looked depressed??

[@feliz1443]

@@ASmith-jn7kf when you've experienced it, it's easy to see it in anothers eyes

[@mfraye12]

My right ear enjoyed this.

[@amberlinmchugh8115]

I just love this film, the happy joyous music, the proud fathers and miss Mary's gentleness