One Born Every Minute

Series 3 Episode 8
9PM Wed 22 February 2012

Hopes and fears about delivering babies provide the theme to this episode.

Sarah Sanderson (27) met her partner Jamie (24) in a pub and challenged him to a drinking competition, which she won. He is a massive rugby fan and hopes they will be having a boy; he has already bought the baby several Leeds Rhino replica outfits.

He has no idea how he'd bring up a girl, saying 'I'd have to play dominoes or dolls with her.' However, the sex of the baby is unknown.

Sarah's pregnancy has been understandably stressful because the last time she was pregnant she delivered a stillborn baby at 22 weeks. She was told she'd never be able to carry a child to full term, and had come to an acceptance of life without children.

But after feeling nauseous at work, one final pregnancy test gave her the good news she hadn't dared dream of.

At the hospital midwives discover her baby is lying sideways (transverse), which is problematic for an easy natural birth. Her anxiety is increased even further when she beings to haemorrhage.

Natalie (28) and her husband Anthony (32) are hairdressers and run a hair salon together. It might not be everyone's cup of tea to live and work together but they love it.

They can't wait to find out how much hair their baby has and dream of the day when they put their own son in the barber's chair.

Natalie isn't anxious about childbirth, but her mother Brenda is because she once had a stillborn child herself. The fear associated with that experience hasn't diminished with time, but she's determined to be at her daughter's bedside.

SERIES:

    1. Wed 22 Feb 2012 Series 3 Episode 8

      Hopes and fears about delivering babies provide the theme to this episode.

      • Scenes of surgery
      • This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
      • 29 days left

    2. Wed 15 Feb 2012 Series 3 Episode 7

      This episode features unexpected twins, and the tables are turned when one of the midwives arrives for labour. Neither…

      • strong language
      • This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
      • 22 days left

    3. Wed 08 Feb 2012 Series 3 Episode 6

      Every pregnancy and birth is unpredictable and an easy early labour is not necessarily an indication of what happens…

      • Strong language
      • This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
      • 15 days left

    4. Wed 01 Feb 2012 Series 3 Episode 5

      This episode explores single parenthood, with one young mum about to go it alone and another who's starting a family…

      • Strong language
      • This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
      • 8 days left

    5. Wed 25 Jan 2012 Series 3 Episode 4

      This episode features two mothers at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to conception and labour. After…

      • Strong language
      • This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
      • 1 day left

    6. Wed 18 Jan 2012 Series 3 Episode 3

      This episode meets mums who break the rules, defy convention and arrive at motherhood in very individual ways…

      • Strong language and scenes of surgery
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