The following content contains major spoilers for Call the Midwife season 15, including the finale.Sister Veronica (Rebecca Gethings) has trodden a challenging path during Call the Midwife season 15, as she hung up her habit to decide whether or not to act on her desire to become a mother. This of course led to huge upheaval for a woman who has made vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and is essentially married to god.The seed of the nun not only recognising, but feeling inner turmoil about her maternal instincts, was sewn during the show's Christmas special. During the festive episode's rescue mission to The Order's branch house in Hong Kong, Sister Veronica and Nurse Crane found a newborn baby abandoned in a cardboard box.It was immediately clear the nun felt attached to the baby, and viewers witnessed the first signs of her struggle with maternal feelings, knowing she is forbidden to act on them.Rebecca Gethings who portrays Sister Veronica, said ahead of the Christmas special that her character has "mixed feelings of delight that this baby's going to be okay, but also this illogical wanting of the baby herself."However, it became clear early in season that the nun couldn't bury these feelings, and she ultimately stepped away from Nonnatus House to decide whether to actively pursuing her dream of becoming a mother.
