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One Born Every Minute

Episode 1 - One Born Every Minute (47 mins)

Programme Details

One Born Every Minute

Episode 1

Date:

2010

Categories:

Lifestyle

About this programme:

One Born Every Minute fills a bustling maternity ward with 40 cameras to observe the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments of childbirth from the perspective of the parents and staff. For information and insights into the realities of giving birth, visit channel4.com/born.

About this series:

One Born Every Minute fills a bustling maternity ward with 40 cameras to observe the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments of childbirth from the perspective of the parents and staff.

Guidance

Some strong language

Episodes

Ep. 1:
One Born Every Minute fills a bustling maternity ward with 40 cameras to observe the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments of childbirth from the perspective of the parents and staff. For information and insights into the realities of giving birth, visit channel4.com/born.
Ep. 2:
Sam is in labour with her first child and finding the pain unbearable. Her boyfriend Ed's feeling the pressure too. And midwife Kay ponders her career after realising that she delivered Ed. For information and insights into the realities of giving birth, visit channel4.com/born.
Ep. 3:
Lisa's baby Jack has been born with his bowel outside his body. His first few days are critical. Meanwhile, midwife Dominique is determined that Sarah will have the natural birth she wants.
Ep. 4:
Kelly is having her fifth baby. Her last one came three minutes after her waters broke. Meanwhile, Joy has had five years of IVF and waits in hospital for days for her first baby to arrive.
Ep. 5:
Two young mums-to-be come in to the hospital at the end of unexpected pregnancies. For their mothers it's time to face up to their girls becoming somebody else's mum.
Ep. 6:
Two mothers are about to give birth to their first babies while two fathers are trying to work out their role in the birthing process. And the midwives reminisce about memorable births.
Ep. 7:
This episode observes the remarkable and often uplifting situations that occur every day in the neonatal unit: the stories of the babies so premature or poorly they need extra care. For information and insights into the realities of giving birth visit the Channel 4 website.
Ep. 8:
In the last episode of the series, 19-year-old Steff goes under general anaesthetic for an emergency caesarean, and lesbian couple Becky and Annie endure an exhausting long labour. For information and insights into the realities of giving birth, visit channel4.com/born.

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