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 wants an intervention-free birth; Jodie's baby arrives early.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Kirsten's high-risk pregnancy is being closely monitored; Jordan must step up as his partner Sam has their first baby, while Sarah has come in to deliver her fifth child.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Nineteen-year-old Billie-Joe has surgery to save her baby while she's still in the womb; Kui is rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section, and Connor prepares for fatherhood.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
Yoga teacher Roo has her heart set on a water birth for her first child, but things don't go to plan; Lewis is determined to be the dad he never had as his girlfriend gives birth.
EPISODE 5
Episode 5
Billie-Joe has surgery to save her baby while she's still in the womb.
EPISODE 6
Episode 6
Melissa eagerly prepares for the arrival of Bertie who has Down syndrome; first time mom Jen worries about her maternal instincts, and there's joy at last for Laura and James.
Suranne Jones
Daniel Dewsbury
Vicky Mitchell
Becky Casey-Ahmed
Meghan Just-Truelove
Simon Kerfoot
Tom Currie
Simon Ford
Richard Bond