Conclusion. While the mothers in Call the Midwife may appear to be pregnant, the actresses are not actually expecting.
Helen George has addressed comments made about her baby bump on Call the Midwife. The actress plays Nurse Trixie on the BBC drama, and was pregnant during filming of the currently airing 11th season, with ingenious filming used to hide the bump.
The show uses real newborns (up to around 8 weeks old) to play the babies that are birthed on the show. “We use about 60 to 70 [babies] a series,” said Tricklebank. The babies work 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off and the set is kept quiet and comfortable to prevent stressing the little ones.
A birth on the the set is rehearsed using a doll, then filmed with a prosthetic baby. When a real baby needs to be seen I bring a baby to the set after explaining the process to the parents and answering all their questions.
Call The Midwife star Helen George has said she used “clever trickery” to hide her baby bump during filming for the new series of the BBC period drama. The 37-year-old actress, known to viewers as the outgoing and glamorous Trixie Franklin, was expecting her second child with co-star Jack Ashton during production.
Promoted Stories. Helen returned to Call The Midwife for Christmas, having been written out following the birth of baby daughter Lark, with Trixie's absence being put own to her visit a relative overseas.
Call the Midwife is preparing for a big wedding as Nurse Trixie, played by Helen George, is set to marry fiancé Matthew. In real life, the actress is in a happy relationship with her former co-star Jack Ashton, but beforehand she was wed to fellow actor Oliver Boot.
"They are herbal cigarettes, not nicotine. They are disgusting, but they are not nicotine. We don't rehearse with them and when we come to film it's a dramatic slight of hand.
No, the child playing Susan was fitted with prosthetics to give the illusion that she had suffered the affects of thalidomide.
In most cases your midwife will not get into the pool with you. If you're having a water birth at home, you may want your birth partner to join you in the water.
Hart quit the show during series four due to work commitments, with Chummy being sent to a mother and baby unit to explain her absence. She went on to star in action movie Spy alongside Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy and Jude Law.
Call the Midwife's Dr Patrick Turner, played by Stephen McGann, shares a steady marriage with his on-screen wife midwife Shelagh Turner in the show. However, the real romance on-set is between Stephen and his real wife of 32 years. Stephen is married to Call the Midwife's creator Heidi Thomas OBE.
Call the Midwife keeps with its inspiration, with it being set in the East End of London, although the midwives home of Nonnatus House is not actually real.
Paulette was diagnosed with diabetes as a child, and has been managing her condition for several years. She began a relationship with a local boy named Vaughan at some point, but kept it secret since her parent's don't approve of him or his family.
Helen George may be known for her glamourous portrayal of Nurse Trixie Franklin in Call the Midwife, but away from screens, the actress is a doting mum of two young girls.
For the first series, the team asked midwives at a maternity unit if they knew any women who would be happy to bring babies to the set. By series two, regulations had tightened so all babies are now recruited through licensed agencies.
They were relieved in December when promos started airing and the secret was out. She explained that in order to get Emily to look like the character, her arms were hidden underneath her costume and she then had prosthetic limbs fitted.
It is widely believed that as many as 100,000 babies were affected by the drug in total. It is generally estimated that over 10,000 babies were born worldwide and today fewer than 3,000 survive.
Thalidomide was found to harm the development of unborn babies and cause serious birth defects, especially if taken in the first four to eight weeks of pregnancy. The drug led to the arms or legs of the babies being very short or incompletely formed. Other side effects also included deformed eyes, ears and hearts.
The real Sisters were the Religious Sisters of Saint John the Divine and were based at the St Frideswides Mission House on Lodore Street, which still exists. The Sisters of Saint John the Divine were established in 1848 in Fitzroy Square near Euston and were trained as nurses and midwives in Germany.
She said: “When it is all the nuns singing together, it is myself, Pam, Jenny and Judy and four professional singers who have been with us through series one, and two who are quite often the other nuns you see in chapel scenes. Mostly, when it's a solo, it's my voice.”
A 'meths drinker' is someone who drinks methylated spirits (denatured alcohol). This is ethanol with additives to make it nauseating or even poisonous to consume. It is used as a fuel in alcohol burners and camp stoves.
Call the Midwife star Helen George has confirmed her split from real-life partner and co-star Jack Ashton. The former couple, who are best known for their roles as Trixie Franklin and Tom Hereward in the BBC drama, first began dating in 2016.
However, disaster struck when Nurse Barbara died of sepsis in series seven in one of the show's most memorable, and heart-breaking scenes. Tom left Poplar and went off to Papua New Guinea to grieve for his wife as Jack Ashton bowed out of Call The Midwife, which is now airing on PBS in the USA.
The couple, who announced their split in July 2023, met while filming BBC One's series Call The Midwife and went on to welcome two children, Wren, five, and Lark, one.