Delivering Under Pressure
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2012
Following the work of the midwives at Saint Mary's Hospital in Manchester. Midwife Gill helps deliver the baby of a woman who has been waiting for a bed for more than a day.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2012
Following the work of the midwives at Saint Mary's Hospital in Manchester. Midwife Gill helps deliver the baby of a woman who has been waiting for a bed for more than a day.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2012
The series following the work of midwives in the busy labour wards at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester tracks the progress of young trainee midwives Chloe, Aurelie and Jess.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2012
Following the work of the community midwives at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral, who tend to mothers-to-be from vastly different social and economic backgrounds.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2012
The series following the work of midwives in the busy labour wards at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, tracks the specialist midwives who help parents through high-risk pregnancies.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2012
A look at Wirral Women and Children's Hospital. The midwives here look after the mothers who can't or won't be at home in the days before or immediately after their baby is born.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2012
Following the community midwives of Manchester's Saint Mary's Hospital, who visit the homes of new parents to offer help and make sure babies are being properly looked after.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2013
At St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, Lesley needs to constantly monitor Neelam whose pregnancy is complicated as she has type 1 diabetes.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2013
This episode focuses on the midwives at Birmingham Women's Hospital and explores what it means to be an old mum or a young mum.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2013
Series following midwives at Birmingham Women's Hospital, where expectant mothers can choose between the clinical, high-tech delivery suite and the more natural birth centre.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2013
Featuring the midwives of Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, who help mums and dads through high risk pregnancies or cases where mums and their babies need extra special care.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2013
Featuring the midwives of University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and focusing on women who have chosen - or have no other choice - an unassisted delivery, without an epidural.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2013
This episode follows student midwives as they get hands-on experience at Birmingham Women's Hospital - one of the busiest maternity units in the country.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2013
This episode follows the midwives at the University Hospital of Wales as they look after mums who need additional support and care.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2013
This episode returns to Birmingham Women's Hospital, which has just 21 beds to cope with the nearly 600 births that take place each month.