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One Born Every Minute : Season 1
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Air date: 09 Feb '10 - 13 episodesThis groundbreaking docuseries observes the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments that go hand in hand with bringing a new life into the world.
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List of Episodes (13)
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One Born Every Minute (2010)
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1. Tracy & Lisa
09 Feb '10Tracy is 37 years old and is in labour with her fourth child. Accompanied by her husband Steve - who is in a jovial mood - and her middle son Liam, who’s 18, Tracy is calm and upbeat about her labour until the heart rate of her baby slows and the midwife needs to deliver her baby quickly. Suddenly the humour of the situation is gone, Tracy is exhausted and a much more serious Steve becomes the labour coach as the midwife races to get the baby out. As the staff cope with an increasingly busy
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2. Episode 2
16 Feb '10Sam is in labour with her first child and is finding the pain too much to bear. Her boyfriend Ed, mum and the midwife team are doing everything they can to make her more comfortable, but she becomes increasingly upset. Ed is feeling the pressure too: he knows he has some real responsibilities to face once the baby is born and is worried about their finances. When the doctor decides that Sam needs a Caesarean, Ed’s nerves get the better of him and, although he wants to be with Sam in theatre,
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3. Sarah & Lisa
23 Feb '10Lisa’s baby Jack has been born with his bowel outside his body. The first few days of his life are critical as he faces serious medical procedures. Lisa is forced to cope with waiting weeks before she can take him home, and confesses to feeling jealous of the nurses who are feeding him before she can even hold him. Meanwhile, Sarah is expecting her second child. Midwife Dominique does everything she can to make sure she can have the natural birth she always wanted. Sarah’s first labour was
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4. Episode 4
02 Mar '10Kelly comes in to have her fifth baby, while Joy is waiting to have her first. Babies have always come easily for Kelly: her last one was delivered three minutes after her waters broke. Joy, on the other hand, has had to undergo five years of IVF, and after days of waiting in hospital, there’s still no sign of Baby. Joy and her husband Fabio have been together for 20 years since they met at language college, where they were both studying English. Fabio says: “We have achieved a lot in these
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5. Leoni & Abbie
09 Mar '10In this episode, two young mums-to-be come in to the hospital at the end of unexpected pregnancies. And for their mothers it’s time to let go of their daughters. Abbie and Ross are both 17 and have been together for three years. Abbie says: “We were careful, but things happen, and things happen for a reason.” Her mum Donna, an ambulance technician, has delivered 15 babies, but that can’t prepare her for the emotional wrench of her baby having a baby. As Donna says: “She’s not my
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6. Episode 6
16 Mar '10In this episode, 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. For Shelagh’s baby son it is a dramatic start with an ambulance journey to the hospital and a quick turn around caesarean when his heart rate dips during labour. The birth is very poignant for Richard as Shelagh is having another man’s baby, having fallen pregnant during a break in their relationship. It’s not what he had planned for their
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7. Neonatal – Emma & Dorit, Charlie & Dan
23 Mar '10Observe the remarkable and often uplifting situations that occur every day in the neonatal unit with stories of babies who need extra care.
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8. Steff, Kerry & Becky
30 Mar '10Teenage Steff goes under general anaesthetic for an emergency caesarean, and lesbian couple Becky and Annie endure an exhausting, long labour.
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9. One Born at Christmas - 1
24 Dec '10
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One Born Every Minute (2010)
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10. One Born at Christmas - 2
25 Dec '10
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One Born Every Minute (2010)
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11. One Born at Christmas - 3
25 Dec '10
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12. One Born at Christmas - 4
25 Dec '10
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One Born Every Minute (2010)
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13. One Born at Christmas - 5
25 Dec '10
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