Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Name: Emma Willis: Delivering Babies
Released: 2018-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Emma Willis, Shaun Parkes

TV Show · Reality

In `Emma Willis: Delivering Babies' television presenter and mother of three Emma Willis trains at Princess Alexandra Hospital's busy maternity ward in Essex as a Maternity Care Assistant, working four eight-to-thirteen hour shifts a week. As Emma works alongside the maternity care team helping to deliver babies, cleaning beds, taking blood, caring for patients and cleaning floors, she discovers first-hand what makes maternity care one of the toughest, but most rewarding careers.

2018 · 43m

Starring Emma Willis, Shaun Parkes

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Emma experiences the training process on a maternity ward. In her first week, she is provided with her uniform and ID card before being put straight to work. Emma makes tea, cleans rooms and learns how to do baby checks.

42 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Emma meets second-time mum Lianne, who is expecting twins, but complications mean they might be delivered prematurely. Meanwhile, Carly is kept waiting by her second baby.

42 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Emma meets Michelle who is 33 weeks pregnant with her second child and has been in and out of hospital for the past month, suffering with heavy bleeding.

43 min
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Emma receives bereavement training, one topic she has not been looking forward to. As she prepares for the training, veteran maternity care assistant, Val, shares a story.

42 min
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Emma is on the labour ward which is a consultant-led maternity unit for higher-risk mums-to-be. 41 year old Nicola and her husband Gavin are her first patients of the day.

42 min
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

After 10 weeks, Emma's time as a Maternity Care Assistant comes to an emotional end. During this, Katherine's hopes of a natural birth are dashed as she is rushed into theatre.

43 min

Emma Willis

Host
Shaun Parkes

Narrator
Laura Capaldi

Producer
Sam Emmery

Producer
Emma Morgan

Producer

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