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Wow. Thanks for that. So nice to hear what happens to them all, even if it is just in here. That's some diary you've been keeping!

Call the Midwife Fanfic ideas, prompts, AU snips about characters who I want to see happy and thriving

a while ago I started writing this collection of ideas about CTM characters and how their journeys could go on. season 10 and 11 are not represented here, and not every single character, but a few dozen of those who have had a hard time when we met them and who I really want to see in a good place and as cheerful as possible.

I started thinking about what Valerie is doing after she left Nonnatus House and returned from her stay abroad. We know she is highly competent and caring and wants to have a positive impact on how things are. In my AU she meets Chummy and they develop an idea to help women and give them the care they need and the support they want. Chummy has been running the mother and baby home for several years and has experience in helping women find places to stay and work and raise their children on their own terms. A couple of the women she has helped have stayed in touch after their time in the home and have moved in together, helping each other with childcare and making sure there is food on the table and some cash saved for emergencies. Valerie admires their idea and proposes to open another mother and baby home, a place where women can stay from any point in a pregnancy or in case they find themselves alone with a child or children. Women who want to give their child up for adoption get help in finding a suitable agency or family, and if they would want to remain in touch with their childen, they can do so. Women who want their pregnancy terminated receive the necessary medical advice and care in a hospital, discreetly and free of charge. Women who want to raise their children themselves can stay in the mother and baby home as long as they wish to. Contraceptive advice is available for those who want it. Children can grow up in the place and when a mother cannot stay because she is needed elsewhere and cannot raise the baby herself, Valerie finds foster parents who can step in until the mother can take her child back. The place gets very popular and so in time more and more homes are opened until no mother has to take desperate measures anymore. The homes receive public funding. Dorothy Whitmore lives in one of them as a teacher for the older children and the very young mothers. When St. Gideon’s shuts down, Sally Harper comes back to live with her parents. Their hear about the Glasshouse Village from Sister Julienne and when her parents become too old to care for her, Sally moves to the Glasshouse. Jacob can visit her there whenever they want. While reading an article in the paper about the place, Jenny remembers her friend Mary, who had a mental breakdown after her baby was taken away many years ago. Jenny goes searching for Mary and visits her. Mary is confused to see Jenny at first, but agrees to visit the place. It is a surprise for her to see many people who appear different on the first glance but share her enthusiasm for quiet spots, good food and a comfortable place to stay. Cynthia decides to come and work at the Glasshouse after she has recovered in Northfield. It is an opportunity for her to reconnect with her nursing experience, in an environment that gives her plenty of time for rest and recreation. Every parent, every person who ever died on the show, they gather in a very happy and loving place. The children have doting adults who care for them and can play, learn and feel safe. They are unburdened by the ailments they had on earth and are free. They feel like no time has passed until their living relatives join them someday. Timothy becomes a doctor and his girlfriend Elizabeth who he met in med school is also a doctor. They share a passion for all things medical and enjoy it very much to talk about their experiences. They work in different hospitals and visit their families every other week. All the St. Cuthbert’s nurses cheer when Dr. Kenley retires. They vote him the doctor with the worst bedside manner in the hospital’s history. After some years working in the London Elizabeth Turner becomes the head doctor at St. Cuthbert’s. Shelagh has started a group meeting for parents who have blended families. They invite single parents as well, and on one fine day during a picnic Trevor Goddens, father of three girls who lost his wife Wilma, meets Olive, who left her husband after the husband had an affair. The children are happy to play together and the parents share their stories. They decide to meet again and in time Olive gets engaged to a friend of Trevor. Trevor father gets help from his family and neighbours to raise his daughters, and when the older girls are teens, they arrange for him to find a new partner, successfully. Doris and Yvonne receive news about their children when the adoptive parents learn that it is important for children to know where they came from. When Doris is widowed, her daughter moves in with her and they share many happy years. Yvonne has more children with the father of her first. They tell the children that they have an older brother who lives with other parents, and once the families start visiting each other, the trauma from Yvonne’s separation of Nicolas starts to heal. Her partner can also enjoy living with his younger children more, now that he sees his oldest is having a wonderful life. The adoptive parents are on the older side, they never could have children of their own and adopting Nicolas has given them a lot of happiness. Avril Fox found a place to stay and work, she raised her daughter and they were very happy together. When the girl started school, Avril also went to school again and learned a trade. She has never doubted her decision, and visits Chummy often, to give other young mothers hope. Denise decided not to have any more children. She became a lawyer and helped shaping new laws that give mothers better chances without being married. Ade Babayaro, who suffered from leprosy, recovered fully and decided to become a priest. Sister Ursula enjoyed being at the mother house and not having the responsibility of leading. She re-discovered her gift of playing with children and was an important ally to Sister Winifred in helping the orphans to thrive. Kristen moved to Stockholm with her daughter. She lived with a relative for a while, and then fell in love with a local woman who owns a bookshop. They have a wonderful life together and adopted two cats. David Jones never remarries. He donates to orphanages on a regular basis and becomes interested in model trains. Lynette Duncan starts her job at the office when her child is a couple of years old. She get’s married in her mid-twenties and has two more children. Molly Brignall is released from prison after some years. She never sees Ritchie again. Her children thrive living with their grandma. Molly moves to the country and becomes a farmer. Irene Kelly gives birth to another son two years after Thomas died. Her grief and her delight make it a bittersweet moment. In sharing their experience with other parents who have lost children, the Kellys find comfort and support.

Gillian Glennon becomes a nurse. She works at the Marie Curie Hospital. Bernice Teeman is sentenced for neglecting her children. She pushes the health authorities for access to reliable contraception and never has more children. Her youngest daughter Coral goes to find her when she is an adult and they reconnect. When the three older children are adults they find each other again in Australia and live together in the same street. Abigail and Terence Bisette have two more children and they tell them all about their sister April. Her memory is cherished and Terence Jr. keeps the little baby shoe safe all his life. Tony and Marie Amos love their daughter. She is a delight to both of them and to her grandpa. Over time they talk more openly about their feelings and how they see their future. They don’t have more children and Marie comes to understand her husband better. Tony is as well as he can be with the treatment and while he is not entirely happy, he can feel a sense of purpose in caring for his child. Tony and Marie divorce when their child is older and Tony moves away to find a place where he feels more safe and can live as he pleases. Marie takes care of her father until he dies and then goes to live with a friend who has a large family. The Smith familiy and the Dent family decide to let each baby live with the biological parents and visit each other often. Deborah has the surgery and recovers well and never has any problems. Tom and Gert Mills live together with the help of the district nurses and both die peacefully in their sleep within a few days of each other. Vaughn Sellars finds work on a ship after he is discharged from prison. He marries Paulette and they decide to not have children of their own. Instead Paulette becomes a midwife and Phyllis is delighted to help her. Ruby Cottingham adopts a baby girl. The girl enjoys having a bunch of older brothers and is a real wild child. Lizzie meets Bridget Cole at a meeting for former sex workers. They start a grassroots network to help other women who are in similar situations. Diane Hills raises her baby boy with the help of her family. She gets reliable contraception as soon as she can and never has more children. When she takes over the family’s market stall, the business grows and she can support herself without a husband. The Mullocks family does their best to give Susan any chance she can get. Susan is a very bright girl like her sister and Belinda helps her once she is in school. Perry helps Susan get around outside of their home. When they are adults, Susan and Perry live together. Oilen Chen takes delight in seeing her granddaughter grow up. When Lucy and Cyril have more children and move into a better home, she is a very big help to them. Baby Lin thrives and is a very sporty bilingual girl. Marnie Wallace finds a spot in daycare for her youngest and a job in a typing pool, helping her to support her family on her own. Dot and Eugene adopt twins. Nadifa Ghedi Jama has no more children. She supports her sister Deka in becoming a nurse. Magda becomes a nurse. She stays in touch with Shelagh and Valerie und when she has finished her training she comes to work in a mother and baby home for a few years before she marries a really gentle man and travels the world with him.

Marjory Chivvers fully recovers from her stroke. By the time her youngest is two years old she has hardly any problems left. Her marriage is stronger than before and she opens up her own salon where no one ever has to work long hours.

Doreen Lunt lives as comfortably as possible with the help of district nurses. When she becomes to ill to remain at home, she moves to a hospice recommended by Jenny. Wendy Lunt adapts to living in the residential home and is as comfortable as possible. She receives treatment to help her remain mobile and in charge of her own decisions as long as possible. She also goes to a hospice at the end of her life. Gordon Lunt stays in touch with the family who adopt their baby. He is getting help from neighbours and district nurses and his son becomes very adapt at chores.

Mumtaz, Parveen and Saddiq Gani raise the baby together. They never again let family members make decisions for them. Parveen decides to not have more children. She goes to trade school and becomes a secretary. Maureen and Elizabeth Walker visit Lily as often as possible. Elizabeth gets top marks at school and becomes a librarian. Maureen later decides to let her sister live at home with her. Lily’s state of mind improves by living with her sister.

After Michael is discharged from prison, Alison and their son move in with him. He gets a job as a gardener and Alison works from home as a seamstress. They have three more children.

Hazel and Martin Becker always remember their firstborn and tell his younger siblings about him. With each child Hazel becomes more relaxed and by the time she has her third, a boy, she decides to start working again part time.

Frank Tennant, who lost his wife Jeannie after a backstreet abortion, gets help from family and neighbors to raise his two children. He grieves deeply for some years but then finds love again.

Lois Parry and Paul Chester get married. They adopt five children, two of them have special needs. Lois learns more about her body and how to stay in good health and joins a support group.

Elaine Pilkington has a stable and loving home for her daughter. She starts writing articles for the local newspaper under a pen name and becomes a published author .

Effie Tolmie lives with her aunt until she is 20 and then comes to Edinburgh to study music.

Brenda Donnelly lives at the mother house with her baby Primrose until Primrose is old enough to go to school. Brenda works as a seamstress in Chitchester. Tina Atkins gets advice through Trixie’s help from the Brook Advisory Center and gets a prescription of the contraceptive pill. When she contracts another infection and needs treatment, Shelagh suggests for her to move to the mother and baby home where Valerie works and be a medical orderly.

Farzina Mohammed recovered well after her surgery and did not have any more children. She cared lovingly for her sons who became very bright bilingual students and went on to grammar school.

Vince, the guy who cheated on his pregnant wife Heather goes to therapy and loses his feelings of entitlement and fear. He starts donating to funds who help people get out of prostitution. Heather moves back in with her parents and finds a different husband after a while. Petra Bevan who lost her baby after finding out her fiance had another girlfriend, moves to a different town and became a teacher. She loves the job and has no plans of getting married in the near future.

Yvonne Smith moves in with her aunt and gets a divorce. She studies to become a baker and her decorated cakes become a fashion.

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