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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Call The Midwife star details 'panic attacks' as she recalls emergency C-section
Call The Midwife actor Jennifer Kirby took to her Instagram page to share a mirror selfie that showcased her c-section scar Call The Midwife star Jennifer Kirby welcomed her baby with partner Robert Gilbert via emergency caesarean section last year. The actress took to her Instagram page to share a bathroom mirror selfie taken while rocking a cropped button-up shirt and black underwear as she revealed her c-section scar. "One emergency caesarean, many crying sessions, a few panic attacks, infinite love, one glorious little baby, and one whole year. Thank you @ and thank you little body for all you've endured and all you've done. I won't take you for granted again," she captioned the honest post and tagged her actor partner. Fans and friends immediately took to the comment section to praise the couple as one user wrote: "Beautiful lady. I have a similar scar too from my c-section with my second. Just amazes me how utterly fabulous our bodies are." Another posted: "Congrats on one year! Amazing achievement. After 2 sections I find it interesting how our bodies keep changing for a long time." "Nurse Valerie would have been proud of you. still miss you in ctmw, but life moves on and you have a whole new world. nothing better," one fan commented as they shared their love for her Call The Midwife character. Jennifer and Robert, known for his role in Killing Eve, first met when they starred in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Henry V a decade ago. She played Nurse Valerie on Call The Midwife between 2017 and 2020. Revealing the news of her exit, she said on Twitter /X: "After four joyful years spend with Call the Midwife, I have decided to say goodbye to Nonnatus, Val and the wonderful cast, crew and production team. "The programme is truly a national treasure, and it will always be a huge honour for me to have been a part of something so wonderful. 'I can't wait to keep watching our beloved Nonnatus from the other side of the screen. Long live Call the Midwife. So long, chicks." Jennifer's first major role was as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice over 10 years ago. She also starred in Teddy and The Recruiting Officer. She even received a Commendation at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 2014 role as Lady Percy in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and for the Royal Shakespeare Company she was also Katherine in Henry V. In 2021, she starred as Dr Gillian Nicholls in Endeavour.


The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Call The Midwife's Jennifer Kirby gives birth to first child with Killing Eve actor Robert Gilbert – and keeps it secret
CALL The Midwife star Jennifer Kirby has announced that she and Killing Eve actor Robert Gilbert welcomed their baby into the world - but kept the news quiet. 1 Call The Midwife star Jennifer Kirby has revealed she gave birth to her first child via emergency caesarean section Credit: instagram/@furkirbs showed off her scars in a candid selfie showing off the realities of child birth and praising her body for all its hard work. The 36-year-old shared the moving picture with fans, stood in front of a mirror wearing a floral black shirt and black underwear. She showed off her labour war wounds with pride and looked happy and content in the behind-the-scenes snap. The period drama star told followers: "One emergency caesarean, many crying sessions, a few panic attacks, infinite love, one glorious little baby and one whole year." Read more She added: "Thank you little body for all you've endured and all you've done. "I won't take you for granted again." Fans commented: "Nurse Valerie would have been proud of you." A second added: "Beautiful." Most read in News TV A third agreed: "Beautiful lady. I have a similar scar too from my C-section with my second. Just amazes me how utterly fabulous our bodies are." Jennifer and Killing Eve actor Robert met when they both starred in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Henry V in 2015. BBC releases first trailer for Call the Midwife Christmas special 2017 The raven-haired beauty played Nurse Valerie on Call The Midwife from 2017 until 2020. She proudly left the award-winning period drama after four seasons as it was time to 'move on'. She took to X to reveal the news and wrote: 'After four joyful years spend with Call the Midwife , I have decided to say goodbye to Nonnatus, Val and the wonderful cast, crew and production team. "The programme is truly a national treasure, and it will always be a huge honour for me to have been a part of something so wonderful. 'I can't wait to keep watching our beloved Nonnatus from the other side of the screen. Long live Call the Midwife. So long, chicks." Call the Midwife is a BBC drama series about a group of midwives working in the east end of London in the 1950s and 1960s. They are based at the fictional nursing convent Nonnatus House in Poplar district carrying out nursing and midwife duties. The show is based on the memoirs of the same name by Jennifer Worth.