A look at what it really takes to deliver Britain's next generation, through the eyes of parents and staff at three of Birmingham's busiest maternity hospitals.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
Channelle is determined to have an intervention-free birth; Jodie's baby arrives eight weeks early; childhood sweethearts Ashleigh and Luke are expecting their second child together.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Sarah and Dale are the proud parents of four boys, and baby number five is now on the way. As an experienced mum and now regular visitor to Heartlands Hospital's maternity unit, Sarah requires minimal help from the midwives to deliver her baby.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Preena and Neet are expecting their second child. Preena has polycystic ovaries, so the couple didn't think they'd ever be able to have children. Fortunately, Preena gave birth to a son and she's now pregnant with a girl.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
Melissa didn't have her first son until she was in her early forties, so was elated to find out she was expecting again. But early in her pregnancy, she discovered that her unborn baby had Down's syndrome.
EPISODE 5
Episode 5
There's tension at Birmingham Women's Hospital foetal medicine centre, as 19-year-old Billie-Joe has surgery to save her baby daughter while she is still in the womb. Billie-Joe's twin pregnancy has developed TRAP sequence.
EPISODE 6
Episode 6
Mother-of-two Danisha has come to Birmingham Women's Hospital to have her labour induced. She is with her best friend and birth partner, Yolanda. The pair were childhood friends in Jamaica and both came to the UK in search of a better life.
Suranne Jones
Daniel Dewsbury
Vicky Mitchell
Becky Casey-Ahmed
Meghan Just-Truelove
Simon Kerfoot
Tom Currie
Simon Ford
Richard Bond
