Babies: Special Delivery

Real-life pregnancies in a Maryland maternity ward where cases include a mother about to give birth after surviving the September 11 attack on the Pentagon.

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Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

Series 5 | Episode 5

Emotional fly-on-the-wall series capturing the joys and stresses of birth. In Dallas, a young mum's water breaks at just 27 weeks. A tiny baby has a hole in its abdominal wall.

Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

Series 5 | Episode 7

Multiple miracles at Presbyterian/St Luke's Hospital in Denver, where worried mums carrying twins and triplets face laborious labours. Plus, two complex cases of pre-eclampsia.

Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

Series 5 | Episode 4

Moving miracles on the maternity ward. Mums with problematic health issues of their own - including hypertension, a liver condition and diabetes - prepare for tricky labours.

Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

Series 5 | Episode 1

Bouncing babies are welcomed into the world in this dramatic series following mums-to-be. A surrogate is expecting twins, while another young mother has sickle cell disease.

Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

Series 5 | Episode 2

Heart-melting series following anxious parents awaiting their new arrivals. A mum abandons her plans for a natural birth, while an overweight mother is diagnosed with diabetes.

Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

Series 5 | Episode 3

Get the tissues ready as brave mums endure gruelling births. Five women face difficult deliveries in Ohio, including a mum-to-be who is in premature labour after only 27 weeks.

About the show...

Babies: Special Delivery
Babies: Special Delivery

A US documentary following the intimate last moments as families prepare for birth.

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