1964

Yes Anja I started my nurse training in 1964. My first child born in 1968, I was in hospital for a week, that was usual then. Advised not to take the baby out for two weeks after that.
My second child born in 1974 I was only in hospital 48 hours due to rhesus incompatibility.
My daughter was only in hospital for 6 hours after her last child, how times change.

I thought that too Anja!

I was engaged in 1964, living at home and DH and I were busy renovating our future first home - a run-down cottage, prior to getting married in 1965.

I can remember gas lighting at my great-aunts' home in the 1940s and how it popped when they lit it. They also had an outside lavatory.

I had DS in hospital in 1971 and was in hospital for 10 days as I had some complications but DD followed in 1973 and I was in and out in 36 hours.

Some of you are so young. I was sitting my ‘A’ levels in 1964.

I wasn’t allowed to have my first baby at home in1982. GP said he would have nothing to do with me. I was stuck in hospital for 7 days. Three years later they had introduced 48 hour discharge and I was out of there as quick as I could manage

1973 - no chance of having a baby at home; you could either go into hospital and stay for 24 hours or five days. I opted for 24 hours so they stuck me in a room on my own as all the other mums were staying for 5 days.

My D was born in 1965 and it does not seem to portray reality at all to me.It seems set at last 20 years earlier.

I remember my SIL going into the maternity home to have my niece a couple or three years before then and she had to stay in for two weeks - no visitors allowed except for my brother for one hour a day.

My mum said that she had a bed booked in the local hospital to have me (1964) as my older sister was an emergency CS and her friends were jealous as she had a better rest in hospital than at home

I missed it too. I was told in 1972 that there was a shortage of hospital beds so unless I'd had complications the first time or had to share a toilet with other families, there was no reason not to have baby #2 at home.

Fennel you could get it on catch up! Or in u tube. It’s worth it.

Fascinating comments but I know as a district nurse in the 80s I saw houses and lives I didn’t Belive existed to be honest. Such poverty and squalor.

Most of us only mix with people like ourselves.

Maybe that explains the comments

I don’t watch Call the midwife but I lived in a very working class area in the early 60s and we definitely had an inside toilet two infact one inside with a newly built bathroom and one just outside the back door, we also had electric lights for all of my life (born ‘45)
I still put my key on a string, if the grandkids are coming as they invariable forget their keys ? used to do it for my own kids when they were out late my sister in law in London always leaves her key under the doormat I wouldn’t do that though

Maybe you lived in a posher area annsixty? My Dad used to take me to visit patients and I quite often saw homes like the ones in the programme.
On holiday we stayed in a flat in Kinghorn with gas lighting and a toilet outside and down the stairs at the bottom of the garden! Just remembered that.

My second was a home birth in 1970.
It was wonderful and nothing like the programme, was I just lucky?

My D was born in 1965 and it does not seem to portray reality at all to me.
It seems set at last 20 years earlier.

I wish I'd seen it.
I can't remember why, but after a traumatic first hospital birth I decided to have second son at home in 1963.
It all went fine, all over in about 12 hours. The midwife was in and out most of the time, and my GP during the last hour.
TG a healthy baby. and it was nice to be at home with his older brother, who was only 13 mo at the time .

Bow obviously

How to me I am the almighty

Christ watching call the midwife

Goodness me, I had no idea Jesus was such a telly addict.

i havnt watched it for ages but really enjoying it tonight. Well enjoying not probably the right words but fascinating.

As a nurse born in 64 medicine has obviously changed but nursing care is the same, or should be

I was pregnant with DD in 1964. Lots of things on Call the Midwife resonate

My dd is 19 she couldn’t believe it. How sad really isn’t it

Mr GG and I just said the same (I was 7 in 64) can remember keys on strings.