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Call the Midwife (Advanced Program) · Spotlight English: Advanced

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Spotlight Advanced. I'm Gillian Woodward.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm Roger Bassick. Spotlight Advanced uses a special English
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  Speaker 2: method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand
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  Speaker 2: no matter where in the world they live.
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  Speaker 1: You are a young woman living in the mountains of
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  Speaker 1: Kaoka Land, Namibia. You are poor and pregnant. The nearest
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  Speaker 1: hospital is over an hour away. You cannot afford the
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  Speaker 1: hospital anyway. You are scared. You have never been pregnant.
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  Speaker 1: You do not know what to do. You are afraid
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  Speaker 1: you will lose your baby. You are scared you might
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  Speaker 1: die in childbirth. You have so many questions with no
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  Speaker 1: one to ask. What do you do? Who will help you?
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  Speaker 1: There is probably only one person who can help. She
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  Speaker 1: is called a midwife.
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  Speaker 2: Today's Spotlight Advanced is about midwives. We look at the
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  Speaker 2: different services they provide to pregnant women. We examined the
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  Speaker 2: debates surrounding midwiffery. We talk about why some pregnant women
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  Speaker 2: prefer working with a midwife rather than a hospital. We
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  Speaker 2: discuss the rise and popularity of midwives.
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  Speaker 1: The word midwife means with women until about two hundred
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  Speaker 1: years ago. The person that was with a pregnant woman
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  Speaker 1: during birth was a midwife. Midwives are even mentioned in
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  Speaker 1: the Book of Exodus in the Bible. They go to
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  Speaker 1: women's homes and check on them during pregnancy. They deliver
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  Speaker 1: their babies. Midwives gained their knowledge through experience. They also
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  Speaker 1: learned from other midwives. They had limited formal training. They
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  Speaker 1: did not receive much if.
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  Speaker 2: When the professional medical community realized they could make money
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  Speaker 2: from childbirth, they took control. They said midwives did not
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  Speaker 2: know enough to deliver babies safely. All over the world,
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  Speaker 2: male doctors took over the practice of childbirth.
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  Speaker 1: Male doctors replaced female midwives in the United States in
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  Speaker 1: the nineteenth century. By the nineteen sixties, ninety seven percent
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  Speaker 1: of births in the United States occurred in hospitals.
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  Speaker 2: But things began to change. The women's liberation movement became
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  Speaker 2: popular around the world. From the nineteen sixties to the
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  Speaker 2: nineteen eighties. Women pushed for equal treatment and opportunities in
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  Speaker 2: areas like employment and family. Midwives started receiving formal training,
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  Speaker 2: midwifery schools opened, midwives started gaining more respect and trust.
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  Speaker 1: Today, midwives in the United States handle over four hundred
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  Speaker 1: and thirty thousand berths each year. In Germany, midwives attend
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand berths a year. In England, midwives attend
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  Speaker 1: over two hundred and thirty thousand berths a year.
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  Speaker 2: There are many reasons why women are now choosing to
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  Speaker 2: use a midwife. One of the biggest reasons is control.
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  Speaker 2: Kay Line Weaver's first baby was breech. Her baby's buttocks
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  Speaker 2: or feet would come out first rather than the head.
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  Speaker 2: Line Weaver's doctor would not allow her to give birth naturally.
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  Speaker 2: He made her have a Sassyrian section. He cut through
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  Speaker 2: Line Weaver's stomach to deliver the baby. Line Weaver said.
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  Speaker 1: The doctor would not even give me the option. Line
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  Speaker 1: Weaver said the birth process was like a bad dream.
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  Speaker 1: She did not feel she was in control. For her
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  Speaker 1: second baby, she was determined to have a natural birth,
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  Speaker 1: but the doctor told her that the scarf from her
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  Speaker 1: surgery could tear. A natural birth could damage her uterus.
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  Speaker 1: This could threaten her life or her baby's life. No
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  Speaker 1: doctor at any hospital in her area would allow her
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  Speaker 1: to have a natural birth, so she chose a midwife
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  Speaker 1: to deliver her baby. The midwife allowed Lime Weaver to
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  Speaker 1: have a natural birth. Her child's birth was easy and successful.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, lime Weaver said the environment was calmer than
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  Speaker 1: when she had her first child at the hospital. Lime
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  Speaker 1: Weaver said, I am a big believer that how you
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  Speaker 1: are brought into this world helps shape the person that
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  Speaker 1: you become.
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  Speaker 2: By using a midwife, the mother can have her baby
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  Speaker 2: in the comfort of her own home. She gets more
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  Speaker 2: time with a midwife during her pregnancy. She may only
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  Speaker 2: get fifteen minutes with the doctor during a hospital visit,
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  Speaker 2: but she could get an hour with a midwife during
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  Speaker 2: a midwife assisted birth. She can have her entire family nearby.
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  Speaker 2: If she chooses, She can have a poor birth. This
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  Speaker 2: is when she stays in water during the delivery. The
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  Speaker 2: process can make birthing easier, calmer, and even less painful.
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  Speaker 1: Some groups, like the Amish, prefer using midwives to deliver
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  Speaker 1: their babies. This special group of Christians tries to live
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  Speaker 1: simply and plainly. They farm for a living, They build
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  Speaker 1: their own houses and barns. They dress in traditional dark clothes.
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  Speaker 1: The Amish do not use cars, electricity, or phones. They
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  Speaker 1: travel by horse and wagon. They work and marry within
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  Speaker 1: their communities.
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  Speaker 2: The Amish belief that childbirth is a natural process. They
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  Speaker 2: think that labor should happen with as little medical care
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  Speaker 2: as possible. A midwife offers a woman more private personal
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  Speaker 2: care than a hospital setting. The midwife can visit them
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  Speaker 2: on their farm. It is difficult for the Amish to
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  Speaker 2: travel back and forth to a hospital since they do
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  Speaker 2: not use cars.
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  Speaker 1: The Amish do not have much money. Often hospitals charge
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  Speaker 1: more than midwives. The Amish usually have large families with
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  Speaker 1: eight to twelve children, Using a hospital for each berth
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  Speaker 1: would be expensive.
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  Speaker 2: Tracy Moore has worked as a midwife in Kentucky for
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  Speaker 2: over twenty years. She serves several Amish communities. She has
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  Speaker 2: attended twelve hundred berths. The Amish communities completely trust more.
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  Speaker 2: Some see her as part of their families. She gives
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  Speaker 2: them extra attention that a doctor would not have time
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  Speaker 2: to offer. She once cared for a woman named Laura,
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  Speaker 2: who might have seemed rude to others because of how
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  Speaker 2: she answered questions, but Moore spent extra time with her.
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  Speaker 2: She got to know her. She noticed that Laura suffered
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  Speaker 2: from hearing difficulties. Moore helped Laura get hearing aids that
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  Speaker 2: changed her life.
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  Speaker 1: Because Moore knows the Amish communities so well she can
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  Speaker 1: suggest specific diet plans for each expectant mother. She knows
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  Speaker 1: what and how they farm, she can change her advice
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  Speaker 1: to make sure the mother gets enough vitamins during her pregnancy.
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  Speaker 2: Moore went to see another Amish woman named Edith. While
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  Speaker 2: visiting her, Moore discovered that Edith's daughter was severely anemic.
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  Speaker 2: She had a low number of red blood cells, which
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  Speaker 2: challenged her oxygen supply. More recognize that the daughter needed
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  Speaker 2: extra care.
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  Speaker 3: More said, by bringing healthcare into the home and understanding
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  Speaker 3: their culture, I was able to fit my care to
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  Speaker 3: their actual needs. Midwifery carries the care to the client.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know someone who used a midwife to deliver
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  Speaker 1: their baby? Would you consider using a midwife rather than
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  Speaker 1: a hospital. You can leave a comment on our website
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  Speaker 2: The writer of this program was Peter Anderson. The producer
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  Speaker 2: was mitchyo Ozaki. The voice as you heard were from
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  Speaker 2: the United Kingdom and the United States. All quotes were
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  Speaker 2: adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. No AI
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  Speaker 2: or artificial intelligence was used in this program. Spotlight programs
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  Speaker 2: are written, voice and produced by real people for real people,
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  Speaker 2: no matter where in the world they live. This program
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  Speaker 2: is called Call the Midwife.
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  Speaker 1: We hope you can join us again for the next
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  Speaker 1: Spotlight program. Goodbye,