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Highland Midwives: Mnathan-Glùine

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Series following midwives and the families they look after at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

Boillsgeadh air beatha obrach mnathan-gluinne Ospadal Rathaigmhoir ann an Inbhirnis. Series following midwives and the families they look after at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

Highland Midwives: Mnathan-Glùine: Series 2

Highland Midwives: Mnathan-Glùine: Series 2: Episode 1

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An anxious Alexis has a caesarean section to deliver her long awaited baby.

Series following midwives in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. An anxious Alexis has a caesarean section to deliver her long awaited baby.

Anns a 'cheud program dhan t-sreath ur seo tha sinn a 'faighnn dhan theater ann an ospadal Rathaigmhor ann an Inbhirnis far a' bheil Alexis a 'dol fo lannsa caesarean 'son a cheud leanaibh fhaighinn agus an duine aice, Frazer, ri taobh.

Tha mathair Alexis a'gabhal fadachd 's I 'feitheamh taobh muigh a theater 'son naidheachd
Ann a Resipol ann an Ardnamurchain, tha Sue agus Anndra iad fhein a'feitheamh a cheud leanaibh agus tha a bhean- ghluin Alison Cook air tighinn tarsainn air aiseig a 'Chorain son a' faicinn. Tha I cumal suil air Sue agus air a' leanaibh tha I giulain. Gu math mothachail gu bheil I fuireach ann a sgire iomallach nan tigeadh eiginn aig am sam bith , tha iad a'beachdachadh air de ni Sue's I tighinn cho faisg air a'ceann latha; de'n t ospadal dhan teid I 'son a 'leanaibh fhaighinn.

Air ais ann an ospadal Rathaigmhor tha an t oileanach Fiona Bowie gu bhi ullamh dhan darna bliadhna dha treanadh. Tha I ann an ionad dluth churam nam paisdean an drasta agus tha e cuir iognadh oirre mar a tha clann bheaga bhidoch nas treasa na shaoileadh tu. Tha e doirbh dhi chreidsin gum bi toiseachadh air a'bhliadhna mu dheireadh dha treanadh a dh 'aithghearr. 

Tha suathadh craicinn a cordadh ri na leanabain tha tighinn chun a 'chlas aig Lesley Nic'illeathainn agus tort toileachadh mor dha na mathraichean ach gu dearbh chaneil an sgrudadh tha Dhruv a ' faighinn mas fhag e ' n t ospadal a cordadh ris san. Agus mu dheireadh tha Nicola agus Greg deanamh air an dachaidh 'san Eilean Sgiathanach le Cailean John - tha Nicola 'g innse dhuinn mar a chum 'wasabi' a dol I fhads bha e tighinn dhan t-saoghal! 

In this first programme of the series we have access to Raigmore Hospital 's obstetric theatre, where Alexis's long awaited first baby is about to be born. Her husband Frazer stays by her side supporting her through the surgery and her mum paces the floor outside the theatre anxiously waiting for news In Resipole in Ardnamurchan, Sue and Andrew are also waiting the birth of their first child as midwife Alison Cook crosses the Corran Ferry for Sue's ante-natal check. Sue is well aware how far she is from the nearest hospital should she need urgent medical help and a lot of time is spent discussing her birth and which hospital Sue should deliver in. Meanwhile back in Raigmore, midwifery student Fiona Bowie finds it hard to believe she is almost finished the second year of her training. She is on placement in Raigmore's Special Care Baby Unit and marvels at the resilience of the tiny babies she is looking after. 

We also drop in on Lesley MacLean's baby massage class and hear mums describing the benefits for themselves and their babies. One-day-old Dhruv though is certainly not enjoying getting checked over before a decision can be made to let him home but Cailean John is all ready to go home to Skye with his mum and dad, Nicola and Greg, but not before Nicola reveals how shouting 'wasabi' helped her cope with her labour pains!

Second series with midwives and the families they look after at Raigmore Hospital.

Tha sinn a siubhal cuide ri mnathan-gluinne na Gaidhealtachd 'nan obair thlachdmhor cuide ri mathraichean air thurus - bho thoiseach gu deireadh. Series following the midwives at Raigmore Hospital

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