Saffy’s Midwife Shows Her How to Have a Baby | Absolutely Fabulous

Saffy's midwife is full of energy as she demonstrates to the pregnant Saffy, how to have a baby.
(Contains some strong language.)
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[@ladeeeeM]

“Screaming for drugs and shitting the bed...” most accurate description of labour and delivery ever 😂

[@philipcamp1370]

Sounds like male middle age

[@webcityguymyclubb4032]

@@philipcamp1370 Sounds like last weekend.

[@philipcamp1370]

@@webcityguymyclubb4032 good bender

[@webcityguymyclubb4032]

@@philipcamp1370 Is there such a thing as a “bad bender”?

[@Fxtd-yz3qr]

The conservatives NEVER do such things😆😆😆😆

[@nina1522]

"My baby was so big, it treated my insides like a smorgasbord. It picked my bones clean. I was a baby buffet" 😆🤣 I love how graphic she is

[@CourtneyPielok]

Do you know I was so long in labour they had to shave me TWICE

[@cynthiaesquibel3191]

Have her teach health class...won't be so many teenage mothers, she's a natural birth control! Never saw this one, hysterical!!

[@Leo-xq9mt]

Let's make that happen!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@charlottebruce979]

What's wrong with teenage mother's? It's the perfect age to have children, you can still get an education and your kids are grown when you are still young. I was 22 by the way.

[@cynthiaesquibel3191]

I was 19 when I had my first and 21 with my second. My problem is with the unwed 13-20 year old mothers who are unwed, get on welfare, stay on welfare, and continue reproducing with whomever is the 'flavor of the week'. That way of life is destructive to all concerned, including society in general, and from what I've seen, the majority of those are more I interested in having a life, going to parties, and dumping their kids off on others (usually THEIR parents!) because they are 'too young' to be stuck at home, raising the kids they produced. I'm not saying all teen mothers do that, but the majority do...I've seen it in my own community, starting back I. The late 1980's.

[@charlottebruce979]

@@cynthiaesquibel3191 I totally agree with you in many cases but in my experience lots of friends and acquaintances of mine have been teenage mother's and have been wonderful loving responsible mother's. I do get what you say but I've known older mother's to be pretty rubbish too. It depends on the circumstances. I'm from England by the way.

[@cynthiaesquibel3191]

@Charlotte Bruce- that probably explains the difference then, I'm in the US. The majority of teenage single mothers I've seen over here (including former friends from my youth) weren't interested in being the best parent they could be, they were more interested (after the thrill and attention of a new baby wore off) in how much welfare they could get and who could they dump the baby on so they could party and pick up men. I'm glad that the young mothers you've known weren't like that...it breaks my heart to see that so often over here! My best to you.

[@jameswilson1360]

"Stitch er up, Nurse....." !!!! LOVE THIS SCENE !!

[@samsungtablet1528]

The midwife's acting is sooooo good hahahaaha more of her would be great

[@danielmorse6597]

"Screaming for drugs and shit the bed!" I am still laughing my ass off.

[@sarahhart7404]

That midwife's Janet krankie lol😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Butter615s]

One of the best scenes EVER!! “That’s me! Scaredy scraedy!”

[@kasession]

This was absolutely HYSTERICAL!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@picasso7721]

The midwife was great. Exactly how childbirth is.

[@EphemeralProductions]

So hilarious. Love how she gets at Eddie at the end! Lol

[@samanthahardy9903]

Jeanette Krankie.. brilliant choice for a midwife. 😆

[@khaosssssss1727]

Jimmy Bloody Krankie as I live and breathe 🤣🤣🤣🥰

[@Jakegothicsnake]

Love how at 2:25, Saffy's gran is just all like "Oh good Lord, do we REALLY need to hear all this???"

[@salviaofficinalis02]

Yes we do, we need to hear every syllable uttered.

[@CourtneyPielok]

''Stitch 'er up nurse.'' LOL

[@greciarobain1952]

The "so long in Labour, had to shave me twice.." That was me DANG!! :-) :-) :-)(I can laugh now)

[@zephyrjet122]

Scenes like this made it one of my favorite seasons! This woman is a riot!

[@dogeatdog555]

I had forgotten just how good this show was, Thanks.

[@simone222]

Do you know my baby is so big it treated my inside like a smorgasbord... LOL!

[@ashleydavall]

"Stop it, stop it... this is why I have the dreams!" X-)

[@kettle2293]

Most realistic description of birth ever televised!

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

I scream with laughter every time the midwife demonstrates child birth! "Pelvic bone! Pelvic bone! More drugs! More drugs! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

[@tomspence8506]

Janette Krankie also played a friend of Petula Gordino named Janice in an episode of Dinnerladies.

[@margaretflounders8510]

Another great sit -com by an amazing funny woman, sadly missed...

[@tangerinefizz11]

When an old babysitter of mine was about to have her first baby, she asked her mom what it felt like to give birth. Her mom asked her, "Have you ever shit a watermelon?" 😆

[@achill6080]

Bahahahahaaaaaaaa!!

[@charlottebruce979]

"When push comes to shove they'll be screaming for drugs and shitting the bed" yes I've had four and that sums it up for me!!!

[@alegomanYTPs]

same with my 14

[@FJB_USA_1ST]

Same with my 36

[@Nomoredrama2000]

Love the midwife's accent! 😂

[@peachyb1969]

2:45 One of the funniest scenes of the entire series. 🤣🤣🤣

[@wdh47211]

She was so good.....she should have been a series regular.

[@michaelgrace1298]

That was the funniest thing ever

[@WillowJordan1979]

One of my favorite side characters ever. Up there with Beth DeWoody.

[@achill6080]

The sands of time are running through my hourglass!

[@thedarthflagger]

Mama mama. Bluuuuuhhhhhhhghhhhhhhh. LMAO. why did she do that at the end?

[@peachyb1969]

You have to watch the entire episode to understand. That episode starts off with Eddie having nightmares about Saffy's baby chasing after her, and the baby turns out to be the midwife dressed like a baby 🤣

[@Lulusnotreadyforthis]

This was a surprisingly accurate description of childbirth...

[@ladyfuschia4729]

Minus all the fluids😳

[@jamesswindley9599]

MORE DRUGSSSS SOMEONE F***ING KILL ME 😂😂

[@er2206]

😟

[@anandparis-adams9174]

"Ooh...sceery, sceery!" 😄

[@kasession]

How did they get thru that scene without breaking? 🤣

[@TickleMonster333]

Skerry Skerry!

[@michaelroberts6894]

Saffy was overshadowed here by Patsy and Eddie- but watch her in Lark Rise to Candleford and you’ll see a great actress as almost a totally different person. She could be deadpan hilarious as well as dramatically breautiful!

[@timpatrick7985]

Jeanette krankie is really funny

[@joannebowler8289]

Finally , someone else remembers “the krankies” 😁 love AbFab

[@Jakegothicsnake]

If Bubble was there, she would’ve been bouncing about, going; “So it IS a dwarf this time!!!!”. XD

[@anissalanning5731]

Send this to a first time mom Haha

[@egyptsflame8368]

HAHAHAHA Send it to someone BEFORE they get pregnant! lol

[@bomaracev]

One of my favorite Ab Fab moments!

[@patmcmenamin4995]

Hands down... The best show ever made!

[@lindalowe8341]

Pretty straight. I had both my boys naturally deliveries and thank God for strong pelvic and abdominal muscles!!

[@udalimb384]

Lots of funny women. Brava.

[@misskitty1666]

Jennifer Saunders is an amazing writer

[@chrissythornhill]

Only She could carry that off 😆🤣😂🤣👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼💃🏻

[@jrmetmoi]

That nurse is so Scottish 😆

[@chrissythornhill]

That figures 😂🤣😂

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Really? You'd never guess would you that the actress is a Scot

[@Ater_Draco]

Janette Krankie is more Scottish than Ben Nevis

[@jrmetmoi]

@@pedanticradiator1491 😆😆😆

[@silverkitty2503]

i think i'll adopt

[@jrmetmoi]

😆😆

[@icantakeit]

I love June 😂

[@icantakeit]

OMG! She has passed away a few months back. R.I.P Mrs. Whitfield 🙏

[@gnarbeljo8980]

Hilarious! 🤣😂🤣 I've not seen this episode!

[@jhstinson62]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!

[@Djfoo68]

Ahh wee Jimmy Crankie

[@BadBoyBobby85]

I say goodbye like this now

[@andrearenee7845]

Love the wine cooler(s)... OMGosh, i peed.

[@JaneEva]

That Scottish actress was Hookie Mookie in the Ab Fab movie I think :)

[@Ater_Draco]

That's wee Janette Krankie.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Yes she was her name us Jannette Tough better known as Wee Jimmy Krankie and not to be confused with Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon

[@tomspence8506]

Jane Eve yes she was in the Ab Fab movie, but unfortunately because she (Janette Krankie) is a white woman who was playing a Japanese character, Jennifer Saunders was actually accused of a form of racism known as yellow face by a Korean - American comedienne named Margaret Cho. Jennifer actually explained though that Hookie Mookie is just pretending to be a Japanese person and there is no slitty eyes or yellow face makeup.

[@elenast.marthe7286]

Hilarious.🤣

[@NiGHTSaturn]

This is you... this is the baby... _AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!_

[@ThomasHarding1990]

LMFAO!

[@joeydemento6839]

funniest shit ever made

[@Saternalius]

Fandabidozi

[@joseperuzzo1433]

I was so long on labour... they had to shave me twice ‼️

[@judeevans7308]

Lmfao brilliant

[@tangerinefizz11]

Apparently, they haven't always shaved women in labor. When my ex-stepdad asked his mom where he came from, she told him, "Hairytown!" 😆

[@a.greene5124]

accurate. I've got 2.

[@presidentelectzigenpuss3570]

omg, Nicola sturgeon cameo :-)

[@janiceannreynolds3017]

EXACTLY why I never had children 😱

[@BadBoyBobby85]

They don't have to come out like that any more, you can get a C-section

[@bicarbonat1]

@@BadBoyBobby85 That's not much better. They cut completely through the abdominal muscles to get the baby out, which is excruciating to recover from.

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

Same here! No kids and pregnancy for me!

[@samwhiting7890]

I could imagine if she said fandabidozi

[@JoanneFalkinder]

Every midwife I've met

[@massimosquecco8956]

Monstrous Hilarious!

[@youtubeviewer7030]

Hilarious

[@WallisLuke]

Is closed captioning written by computers or a drunk?

[@tinaromac8864]

❤❤❤❤

[@MrPaulBriffett]

Is that Jimmie Krankie? 😂

[@jrmetmoi]

Yes

[@michaeltaylor8835]

rip saffy

[@MegaHellsy]

What do you mean rip Saffy?

[@jrudolf519]

I think you mean RIP June ? Lol

[@peterd788]

I never knew Nicola Sturgeon was in this.

[@antpoo71]

2.03 anti'matal' clinic 😁

[@dianeanderson6733]

Lollllllll.

[@adeel-eh7xq]

What was that weird thing she was doing at the end? Did it represent something to do with childbirth?

[@chuyistheshiz6811]

This is who the Vivienne played on snatch game?

[@sorchanibhriain1375]

She was portraying Patsy

[@chuyistheshiz6811]

@@sorchanibhriain1375 ohhhh. Thanks.

[@michaelmannion5641]

A

[@adamclarke7338]

Who the fuck would want kids is beyond me.

[@Barbe]

Ask your parents. They somehow wanted you after your father crossed a swamp and dragged your mother home by her hair.

[@peachyb1969]

Someone was foolish enough to bring you into the world, though.

[@colinafobe2152]

stitch er up nurse

[@FoxyFox999]

The krankies. The ol lass of bonny Scotland. Where's her husband ?

[@chelseasonkar2907]

And this is why so many women are terrified of birth ... tv portrayals set the expectation

[@notthedoctor8621]

Uh, the opposite, tv usually hides what childbirth is actually like. This was more accurate

[@Fxtd-yz3qr]

Mother never had that with me and I never cried much according to BS but my elder brother was a cesarian which is impossible according to a teacher called Batty but not Nora - officialy. My name's not Digger boy - I never said it was - ever. I only remember misbehaving once I took my foot away at the last moment - I hope it WAS drugs and NOT Miss Posh who ever SHE was!!!!😆😆😆

[@duncanb4835]

The only time janette krankie was funny

[@strykertool]

Hello Brits …. Is this what they do when women are pregnant?

[@michaelsereno1497]

Great writing and acting. Fabulously hilarious.