0:00:12 > 0:00:15Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Many of our viewers will remember tonight's guest for a series of
0:00:20 > 0:00:24revealing roles in films like Walkabout and Logan's Run. After a
0:00:24 > 0:00:28hugely successful 40 year career, she is more likely to be wearing a
0:00:28 > 0:00:36wimple than her birthday suit. It is Jenny Agutter. Lovely to meet
0:00:36 > 0:00:45you. You have taken quite a shine to the wimple. What is that? In you
0:00:45 > 0:00:52have taken a shine to the wimple. On a was told I -- I was told that
0:00:52 > 0:00:56she would try it on. It is good to see a man in a wimple. Oh, right!
0:00:56 > 0:01:02It is quite liberating, going in knowing that every day your
0:01:02 > 0:01:08character wears the same thing. Liberating, you say? It is quite
0:01:08 > 0:01:12liberating. Do you find it liberating? Yes! Quite nice. You
0:01:12 > 0:01:21don't have to worry about your hair. You look a bit weird. I think you
0:01:21 > 0:01:28should take it off. You are frightened children. OK! It is
0:01:28 > 0:01:32really nice to be made up and look glamorous and all the rest of it,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35but went you are filming all the time and you have to get up very
0:01:35 > 0:01:40early, it is nice to know that you do not need an extra two hours to
0:01:40 > 0:01:45look good. What shall I wear? The habit. I will put the wimple on and
0:01:45 > 0:01:49no make-up and that is it. That must be really nice. Call The
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Midwife has been a huge hit. It has only been on a couple of weeks and
0:01:53 > 0:01:57it is already the most popular new BBC drama for a decade. Let's go
0:01:57 > 0:02:02live to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and see what it is like in a 21st
0:02:02 > 0:02:06century maternity unit. Have you met any newborn babies yet, Lucy?
0:02:06 > 0:02:11have and I might meet some more before the end of the show. They
0:02:11 > 0:02:15don't come to order. I am relaxing by the pool, the birthing pool.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Bean bags, fluffy couches for the fathers to relax while the women do
0:02:20 > 0:02:25the hard work. This is the Royal Infirmary state-of-the-art birthing
0:02:25 > 0:02:30suite. There is everything here. It is a far cry on the surface from
0:02:30 > 0:02:35the 1950s era of Call The Midwife but the ethos is still the same. To
0:02:35 > 0:02:39deliver a happy, healthy babies. On that note, Shona, you are in charge
0:02:39 > 0:02:43tonight as head midwife. It is pretty busy here. How many babies
0:02:43 > 0:02:48do you deliver every year? Last year in the Royal Infirmary there
0:02:48 > 0:02:54were just under 7000 babies. That is 17 per day. You really are busy
0:02:54 > 0:02:59so I will leave you to it. Our team has been following things all day.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Look at this. It is the beginning of the morning
0:03:03 > 0:03:07shift and this midwife is checking up on Tracey. She has been in
0:03:07 > 0:03:11labour for eight hours. She has just received additional pain
0:03:11 > 0:03:15medication and Linda is on the lookout for complications. We have
0:03:15 > 0:03:19to keep a close eye on the baby's heartbeat and the contractions. We
0:03:19 > 0:03:25have to make sure she is not contracting too much. The midwives
0:03:25 > 0:03:29and doctors took care of me very well. It is just that things happen
0:03:29 > 0:03:33and complications arise. I am waiting for two more powers to try
0:03:33 > 0:03:38to have a natural birth. If it does not happen then I have to have a
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Caesarean section. Later on we will find out whether it was a boy or a
0:03:42 > 0:03:46girl. Very exciting. I have my scrubs here. I watched Call The
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Midwife on Sunday so I think I can help to deliver a baby. Don't think
0:03:52 > 0:03:58so. Are you sure you are up to that? That is a tall order. Almost
0:03:58 > 0:04:01certainly not. They would never let him loose. OK! We will come back
0:04:01 > 0:04:05later on. They earlier this month we asked you to get in touch if you
0:04:05 > 0:04:09had noticed that your street light was getting turned off during the
0:04:09 > 0:04:18night. Hundreds of you have be e- mailed in from Cornwall up to
0:04:18 > 0:04:26Scotland. Mike is unhappy. His father-in-law is 77 and he had to
0:04:26 > 0:04:33give him the torch to get him home, it was like the blackouts during
0:04:33 > 0:04:37the war. And Richard says that he is in favour of saving night-time
0:04:37 > 0:04:44light pollution. Of the Council but we know about, these are the ones
0:04:44 > 0:04:47that told us that they switched off their lighting between midnight and
0:04:47 > 0:04:545 o'clock in the morning. Nobody in Northern Ireland, that's
0:04:54 > 0:04:58interesting. We report from Bingham. Like many places in Great Britain,
0:04:58 > 0:05:07Bingham has had its night-time street lighting reduced, plunging
0:05:07 > 0:05:11them up when into darkness for most of their round. -- the milk men.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14How has this affected your work? makes things more dangerous. You
0:05:15 > 0:05:20can't see obstacles in the way. There have been a few accidents at
0:05:20 > 0:05:25work. How dark is it? In certain areas it is like walking into a
0:05:25 > 0:05:31forest. Pitch black. You cannot see two feet in front of you. It makes
0:05:31 > 0:05:37the job harder. The street lights going of makes the job harder.
0:05:37 > 0:05:47can see how dark it is. It is completely black. This is what we
0:05:47 > 0:05:48
0:05:48 > 0:05:51have to contend with. We cannot even see the house in front of us.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56I can understand why people would feel anxious and scared walking
0:05:56 > 0:06:03home. I would not want to do it. The council says that they do not
0:06:03 > 0:06:06switch off the lights in high-crime areas or accident blackspots. Lots
0:06:06 > 0:06:11of consultation takes place before a decision is made to switch off
0:06:11 > 0:06:16the street lights. According to the council, everything is done to
0:06:16 > 0:06:19minimise the impact on local residents. Bingham resident Fiona
0:06:19 > 0:06:27feels so strongly about the impact of the likes going of that she has
0:06:27 > 0:06:31started a petition to get them switched back on. -- the lights
0:06:31 > 0:06:35going off. It is completely black and you cannot see to the end of
0:06:35 > 0:06:38your drive. People feel vulnerable in their homes. There was a spate
0:06:38 > 0:06:42of break-ins. One neighbour was broken into while they were
0:06:42 > 0:06:47sleeping in bed. They came in through the side door of the house.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51It is a long way down the back of their house and it is quite dark.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It is extremely dark down the street right now so it gave the
0:06:54 > 0:07:00burglars ample time to get in through the side door. Nobody
0:07:00 > 0:07:03noticed that they were there because the lights were off and we
0:07:03 > 0:07:11could not see anything. She is so worried about another break-in that
0:07:11 > 0:07:15she has taken action. We have fitted the security lights after
0:07:15 > 0:07:20the burglary. We wanted extra security so that we could see down
0:07:20 > 0:07:23the side of the house and our neighbours can, too. Although they
0:07:23 > 0:07:27believe that the lack of street lighting is responsible for an
0:07:27 > 0:07:32increase in crime, the police so that is not the case. Looking at
0:07:32 > 0:07:39the figures, across Bingham there has been a 68% decrease in
0:07:39 > 0:07:43burglaries. Do you think the likes being switched off, people just
0:07:43 > 0:07:49believed bad things can happen, it is perception of reality? They
0:07:49 > 0:07:53think it is a possible perception that it is very dark and so there
0:07:53 > 0:07:56is more chance of things happening and people being out and up to no
0:07:56 > 0:08:02good. But looking at the figures for anti-social behaviour and crime,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04that does not tally up. I think it is just perception. Another reason
0:08:04 > 0:08:13councils before switching off the lights is to reduce carbon
0:08:13 > 0:08:18emissions. -- another reason councils give. But as more people
0:08:18 > 0:08:25drive instead of walking, carbon emissions could actually increase.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29At this news they did, the staff begin work at 4:30am. -- at this
0:08:29 > 0:08:32newsagent. One of our members of staff used to walk in and the other
0:08:32 > 0:08:37would drive. But now that one is having to go out of their way to
0:08:37 > 0:08:42pick up the other one because they cannot walk that far. We won't let
0:08:42 > 0:08:45them because it is too dangerous. Bingham council estate that tough
0:08:45 > 0:08:50economic times mean they have no choice but to turn off the lights
0:08:50 > 0:08:54to save money. It is a commonsense approach. You don't need the lights
0:08:54 > 0:08:59on downstairs when you go to bed at night. There are very few people
0:08:59 > 0:09:03about so do we want to spend �1.5 million a year lighting the empty
0:09:03 > 0:09:08streets? Last night I actually went out in darkness to see what it
0:09:08 > 0:09:14would feel like. Lots of people mentioned it being eerie, and I
0:09:14 > 0:09:19admit that it was, at the sounds, not being able to see in front of
0:09:19 > 0:09:23me. Can you understand how people are feeling? We are working hard to
0:09:23 > 0:09:26reassure people. It is about being aware that there has not been an
0:09:26 > 0:09:30increase in crime and anti-social behaviour. They are as safe as they
0:09:30 > 0:09:35were when the street lights were on. The council say that this decision
0:09:35 > 0:09:42is not definitive. If crime and NT social behaviour increases, they
0:09:42 > 0:09:47will switch them back on. -- anti- social behaviour. We had lots of
0:09:47 > 0:09:51emails during that film saying that lots of people are in favour. What
0:09:51 > 0:09:55do you think, Jenny? I would not want to turn them off in London but
0:09:55 > 0:10:02there is something lovely being in the country and having a starlit
0:10:02 > 0:10:09night. Maybe we do need torches. So long as you cannot fall down a hole,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13or you are not been an urban area. Where I am from, we swap torches
0:10:13 > 0:10:18because there are no lights. I bet you have got loads of torches.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23you can get wind-up torches. You squeeze them and they keep going.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28We will move on to Call The Midwife, incredibly successful. It is based
0:10:28 > 0:10:34on Jennifer Worth's memoirs. 8 million people are watching. What
0:10:34 > 0:10:38do you think the key to its success is? Well, you never know. When you
0:10:38 > 0:10:42are making it, you have no idea. I was taken with the story. I knew
0:10:42 > 0:10:47that it was a best-selling novel and everybody was enjoying Jennifer
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Worth's work. But if you think of the subject matter, it is not an
0:10:52 > 0:10:57obvious choice. Partly there are some really interesting stories in
0:10:57 > 0:11:02the 50s. There is a very good writer on the script. It is an
0:11:02 > 0:11:07interesting and fun cast and also the guests have been very good. It
0:11:07 > 0:11:11is completely different. People are intrigued by the idea of not having
0:11:11 > 0:11:15a doctor's story, detective story, a thriller. It is actually about
0:11:15 > 0:11:20people at a certain time. People you do not know about but they
0:11:20 > 0:11:24touch on your life in some way. Let's have a look at this Sunday's
0:11:24 > 0:11:28episode. This is the convent and the midwives are complaining about
0:11:28 > 0:11:33the state of the houses that they have to visit. I can't go back
0:11:33 > 0:11:36there, not with those things crawling about. Calm down. They do
0:11:36 > 0:11:40not invest human beings. As for never going back there, it is out
0:11:40 > 0:11:50of the question. The comfort is not important. You have a job to do and
0:11:50 > 0:11:52
0:11:52 > 0:12:00you will do it. The wimple suited you more! I was
0:12:00 > 0:12:05not going to say that! It is based on MAM was, of course. The nuns and
0:12:05 > 0:12:11midwives are based on real people. You met your character's cousin.
0:12:11 > 0:12:18was extraordinary. I met somebody who knew the character that I
0:12:18 > 0:12:22played's cousin. I spoke to her and she told me what the real one and
0:12:22 > 0:12:27was like. It is a little bit removed. The book Take That Away
0:12:27 > 0:12:35and the scripts take it a bit further. -- take it away. It is
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Jennifer Worth's story and it is based on three things that happened.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46The difference between the nuns and the characters that are in it, this
0:12:46 > 0:12:49is awful, she says she cannot go back there, and the nuns have no
0:12:49 > 0:12:53judgment about the way people are living and what they are doing. It
0:12:53 > 0:12:57is just a matter of dealing with that. Going back to the earlier
0:12:57 > 0:13:05question, for those that have been through childbirth, it is such a
0:13:05 > 0:13:12vivid experience. As soon as you see somebody going through it, you
0:13:12 > 0:13:17instantly snapped back. Yes. You have had two children and each one
0:13:17 > 0:13:25makes you think how amazing the event is. That same with Miranda
0:13:25 > 0:13:34Hart, the breech armour on Sunday. Everybody was sucked into it. --
0:13:35 > 0:13:38the breech birth. When we were for -- filming, more of the men were
0:13:38 > 0:13:43talking about childbirth and the women. They were shoved out of the
0:13:43 > 0:13:48way in the 50s, so that has changed. When my brother had his first child
0:13:48 > 0:13:5232 years ago, he was so excited. My husband was there as well. To be
0:13:52 > 0:13:55part of that is fantastic. Unfortunately we have not got time
0:13:55 > 0:14:02for another club. The midwives at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh
0:14:02 > 0:14:08have got a question for you. Yes, a collection of midwives. Is that a
0:14:08 > 0:14:12chorus? Elaine, would you like to ask Jenny your suggestion for
0:14:12 > 0:14:20another series? Will we see multiple births? We don't want
0:14:20 > 0:14:23twins, we want three! Or I can say is that Sister Julienne did not
0:14:23 > 0:14:26actually have to handle any births in this one but it was alluded to
0:14:26 > 0:14:30the fact that when there was a difficulty she would be there.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36Perhaps in the next series there will be a multiple birth and I will
0:14:36 > 0:14:43have to deal with it. Who knows? We will see. Thanks to the midwives.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47We will be back. Back to Edinburgh later on. Call The Midwife shows
0:14:47 > 0:14:57how expectant mothers coped in the 50s, but Ruth Goodman has been
0:14:57 > 0:15:01looking further back to the Today's technology makes pregnancy
0:15:01 > 0:15:07and birth relatively safe for the mother and child. In Victorian
0:15:07 > 0:15:11times, it was very different. On average, a Victorian wife spent 12
0:15:11 > 0:15:17years either pregnant or breast- feeding, with that on average five
0:15:17 > 0:15:21births each. Of course, many of those would not make it to their
0:15:21 > 0:15:25first birthday is a live. Judith Flanders is an author and social
0:15:25 > 0:15:29historian who has studied Victorian life in detail. How was pregnancy
0:15:29 > 0:15:34seen in Victorian times? It was a lovely event as long as you were
0:15:34 > 0:15:38married and did not mention it. It was hidden as much as possible.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Clothing helped you hide it. At the end of the century, a woman was
0:15:42 > 0:15:48wearing approximately 37lbs of clothing. So it could hide an awful
0:15:48 > 0:15:53lot. For in the early Victorian period, pregnancy and birth was a
0:15:53 > 0:15:59woman's business. But in the mid- 19th century, one book brought
0:15:59 > 0:16:06enormous change. Advice to a wife was a self-help manual. But it was
0:16:06 > 0:16:11written by a man, a surgeon called Henry. It was the first doctor's
0:16:11 > 0:16:17book ever, not just of his day. He was the first to write childbirth
0:16:17 > 0:16:24books to give his professional expertise. People like him were
0:16:24 > 0:16:32part of that movement to switch it from pregnancy being a woman's
0:16:32 > 0:16:37thing to being a medical condition. I like the way everything is put
0:16:37 > 0:16:44down. If something happens, see a doctor. If it doesn't, see a doctor.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48If you are not sure, see a doctor. I have come to unauthentic
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Victorian kitchen to try a few Victorian remedies out. Toothache
0:16:53 > 0:16:58is a frequent sign of pregnancy, pregnancy often being destructive
0:16:58 > 0:17:04to the teeth, destroying one with every child. He gives a whole range
0:17:04 > 0:17:10of things to help with the toothache. This one is the simplest.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15Take a piece of brown paper. And some brandy, and scatter a load of
0:17:15 > 0:17:19pepper. And this is laid to the cheek. It is supposed to stay there
0:17:19 > 0:17:27for several hours. How much it helps the toothache, I am not sure.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32This is a good one about stomach problems. We need powdered rhubarb.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Half a dram. Carbonate magnesium, essence of ginger, compound
0:17:37 > 0:17:42tincture of cardamoms and peppermint water. This is not quite
0:17:42 > 0:17:47medicine. Many of these ingredients are genuinely helpful and would be
0:17:47 > 0:17:51recommended today. But my favourite recipes considerably less good for
0:17:51 > 0:17:59you. A glass of champagne for the morning sickness. Perhaps the
0:17:59 > 0:18:02scariest part in Victorian times was the birth itself. This
0:18:02 > 0:18:06expertise from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She
0:18:06 > 0:18:10wants to show me a collection of Victorian birthing instruments that
0:18:10 > 0:18:15sent shivers down my spine, as does the prospect of being a poor
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Victorian mother, as pain relief was reserved for the rich.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24Chloroform was one of the major advances in the practice of
0:18:24 > 0:18:27obstetrics. Only doctors could give it. That meant that only the women
0:18:27 > 0:18:31who could afford the services of the doctor could afford the
0:18:31 > 0:18:36benefits of chloroform. Hygiene standards were poor, and the higher
0:18:36 > 0:18:42death rates associated with birth were often the fault of the doctors
0:18:42 > 0:18:46themselves. Doctors attended people with infections, of course, and
0:18:46 > 0:18:52then brought the infection into the birthing chamber. This would have
0:18:52 > 0:18:57been the obstetrician's tool box in 1850. And it is exactly these
0:18:57 > 0:19:01things that moved infection from one woman to another? Yes. And the
0:19:01 > 0:19:05danger was that the mum would develop an infection and die.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11of them are gruesome. People often ask, would I really like to live in
0:19:11 > 0:19:19the past? Well, this is one of the reasons why the answer to that is
0:19:19 > 0:19:23emphatically No. Well, you have obviously researched the '50s for
0:19:23 > 0:19:27your role in Call The Midwife. Would you like to go further back
0:19:27 > 0:19:32to the Victorian era? That was extraordinary. When you look at how
0:19:32 > 0:19:39far we have come, when I read the script for Call The Midwife, it
0:19:39 > 0:19:44seemed much further back than the '50s. It felt very historical, with
0:19:44 > 0:19:49all the equipment. It seemed so removed from today. Makes you
0:19:49 > 0:19:54wonder where it is going in the next decades. It was amazing to see
0:19:54 > 0:19:58those women in Edinburgh. Good news. It is day two of Mike Dilger's week
0:19:58 > 0:20:02hopping out at Tiggywinkles animal rescue centre.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07Last night, we rescued a fallow deer that had been caught up in a
0:20:07 > 0:20:13barbed-wire fence. The first 24 hours are critical when Nadir comes
0:20:13 > 0:20:17in. Due to their ordeal, they are prone to stress, and resulting
0:20:17 > 0:20:21symptoms can kill them. It is the morning after the night before, and
0:20:21 > 0:20:30we are here with bated breath. How is our dear doing? Let's have a
0:20:31 > 0:20:40look. Looks like it is doing OK. He made it through the night. He is
0:20:41 > 0:20:41
0:20:41 > 0:20:46looking good. That is a great sign. Our dear has got fight. Will he
0:20:46 > 0:20:52make a good recovery? I am confident. He is happy and tried to
0:20:52 > 0:21:00jump out of the door. Delighted. But there is still concern about
0:21:00 > 0:21:04the injury to his leg, and I will check on him later. The vets and
0:21:04 > 0:21:11nurses at this Wildlife Centre will go to extraordinary lengths to get
0:21:11 > 0:21:15an animal on the road to recovery. Tiggywinkles receive around three
0:21:15 > 0:21:19tawny owls a week, many of which are the result of car accidents and
0:21:19 > 0:21:24need special treatment to nurse them back to health. Fortunately,
0:21:24 > 0:21:30the staff here really do give a hoot. Since since this one was hit
0:21:30 > 0:21:34by a car, it has had problems with his vision. So we have travel 30
0:21:34 > 0:21:42miles for a special appointment with veterinary of pathologist
0:21:42 > 0:21:48David. You can see a cataract. There is a detached retina behind
0:21:48 > 0:21:51the lens. There is no way we can laser that back in position. Tall
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and the owls have superb night vision and can see in near pitch
0:21:54 > 0:21:59black, but as they used their hearing to hunt as well, it might
0:21:59 > 0:22:05not all be bad news. Does that mean for the owl is effectively blind?
0:22:05 > 0:22:14Totally blind in this I. But with time to adjust in captivity to site
0:22:14 > 0:22:19in only one night, it is possible he could hunt in the wild again.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22During the spring and summer, rescuing abandoned juvenile badgers
0:22:22 > 0:22:26is one of the most regular call- outs, as they are too young to
0:22:26 > 0:22:30survive on their own. But after months of care, they are strong
0:22:30 > 0:22:39enough to fend for themselves. One of this year's intake really stands
0:22:39 > 0:22:45out from the crowd. That is astonishing! It is a beautiful
0:22:45 > 0:22:51animal. So he is colouring is due to a genetic variation. He is not a
0:22:51 > 0:22:55beano, because he does not have those pink eyes, but to have an
0:22:55 > 0:23:00all-white badger is incredibly rare. It's unfortunately, they stand out
0:23:00 > 0:23:04like a sore thumb. That worries me. People like to shoot white animals
0:23:04 > 0:23:10and stuff them and have them as a trophy. As a consequence, he will
0:23:10 > 0:23:15not be released back into the wild. Instead, he will remain here in a
0:23:15 > 0:23:19specially built badger enclosure. The other four, you are going to
0:23:19 > 0:23:29build an artificial badger sett, and they can come and go as they
0:23:29 > 0:23:34please. I will get my shovel. have a much bigger shovel for you.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38This is building a badger sett, industrial style. It will be like a
0:23:38 > 0:23:42halfway house. Although built on the centre's Land, the badgers will
0:23:42 > 0:23:47be free to go into the wild. I have no idea what I am doing. A simple
0:23:47 > 0:23:56badger sett is made up of two tunnels, with one big sleeping
0:23:56 > 0:24:00chamber. This is how you do it properly. That is looking white.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Presumably the badgers will come out at dusk, feed in the paddock
0:24:04 > 0:24:09and then when it comes to dawn, they will shoot like rats down a
0:24:09 > 0:24:14drainpipe. Straight back into the badger sett. Let's hope the badgers
0:24:14 > 0:24:23will remain as a family group. But if they leave, the badger sett will
0:24:23 > 0:24:28be used again next year. Four badgers, one new home. Lovely.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Tomorrow, a polecat gets a new home and we will have one in the studio.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35My favourite moment last year was you put your hand in the box and
0:24:35 > 0:24:42touchy the Little ferret. Which I thought was a cat.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Any way, I'd back to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary maternity ward now
0:24:46 > 0:24:53and our wannabe midwife. Lucy, we have had suggestions for a group of
0:24:53 > 0:24:58midwives. How about an expectation. For a delivery. Why didn't I think
0:24:58 > 0:25:05of those? Obviously, this is an ultra-modern hospital, but cast
0:25:05 > 0:25:10your mind back to the 1950s. Then, the average number of babies born
0:25:10 > 0:25:15was 806,000. Now it is 807,000. But in the '50s, half of those were
0:25:15 > 0:25:20born at home. Now it is fewer than 5%. A mother in the '50s would have
0:25:20 > 0:25:26spent about ten days in hospital recuperating. Now, she is out in 24
0:25:26 > 0:25:32hours, some apparently within six hours. I am joined now by Lindsay
0:25:32 > 0:25:39Reid, midwifery royalty and an expert on the history of midwifery.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44This is a 1950s midwifery kit. What is the most obvious difference?
0:25:44 > 0:25:52What stands out completely, literally, is this stethoscope.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57looks primitive, made from wood. You could get them in plastic. They
0:25:57 > 0:26:03were used for listening to the foetal heart via the mother's
0:26:03 > 0:26:08abdomen. I know that, because I saw Miranda Hart's character do it. I
0:26:08 > 0:26:13am just going to go across to so Celia. You are a student of
0:26:13 > 0:26:17midwifery. And this is what you would use instead of that object.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Yes, it is battery operated and utilises ultrasound waves to listen
0:26:21 > 0:26:28to the baby's habit. Would you rather use this? Yes, because
0:26:28 > 0:26:35everyone else can listen in. It is more inclusive. Earlier, we caught
0:26:35 > 0:26:38up with Tracy, who had eight hours in labour. This is what happened.
0:26:38 > 0:26:46A Tracy Edwards is still waiting for her first child to be born. She
0:26:46 > 0:26:53has been in labour overnight, and she is being examined by the doctor.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59Your baby is facing the ceiling. So your baby is in an oar -- a more
0:26:59 > 0:27:04awkward position. We need a Caesarean section. It will be safer.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08With childbirth, you can't predict. You can have a plan, but the plan
0:27:08 > 0:27:14can just crumble and the next thing you know, you have to follow what
0:27:14 > 0:27:18the doctors say and the midwives say. Whatever is good for the baby
0:27:18 > 0:27:23and yourself. These midwives, different types of childbirth are
0:27:23 > 0:27:28everyday eventualities, and within the hour, Tracey's baby is safely
0:27:28 > 0:27:38in his mother's arms. I am feeling very happy that he is finally here
0:27:38 > 0:27:39
0:27:39 > 0:27:49with us. Safe and sound. I know what we need to see. Would you like
0:27:49 > 0:28:02
0:28:02 > 0:28:09gorgeous. And being quite a vocal. How are you feeling? A bit tired,
0:28:09 > 0:28:19but fine. You look fantastic. And it all went well? Absolutely. It
0:28:19 > 0:28:20
0:28:20 > 0:28:25was perfect. The midwives were amazing. How cuties she?! She is
0:28:25 > 0:28:30really cute. I am obsessed, so I have to ask. Did you watch Call The
0:28:30 > 0:28:37Midwife on Sunday? We did, and my waters broke ten minutes after the
0:28:37 > 0:28:47programme. She is so amazing. On behalf of everyone at The One Show,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49
0:28:49 > 0:28:54Of so cute! Good luck to all expectant mums and dads, especially
0:28:54 > 0:29:00the mums. Now, the Avengers is coming up. What is it like to be
0:29:00 > 0:29:05back on a Hollywood blockbuster? is a tiny role. But the whole
0:29:05 > 0:29:08rigmarole of being in Hollywood with Samuel L Jackson...
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Thank you to all of you who have been e-mailing and about street
0:29:11 > 0:29:15lights. People in the countryside are saying townies should stop