Observing the dramatic, emotional and often funny moments that go hand in hand with bringing a new life into the world, from the perspective of the soon-to-be parents and family, as well as the hospital staff. In this first episode, 37-year-old Tracy is in labour with her fourth child. She is calm and upbeat about her labour until the heart rate of her baby slows and the midwife needs to deliver her baby quickly.

Sam is in labour with her first child and is finding the pain too much to bear. Her boyfriend Ed, mum and the midwife team are doing everything they can to make her more comfortable, but she becomes increasingly upset. Ed is feeling the pressure too: he knows he has some real responsibilities to face once the baby is born and is worried about their finances.

Lisa's baby Jack has been born with his bowel outside his body. The first few days of his life are critical as he faces serious medical procedures. Lisa is forced to cope with waiting weeks before she can take him home, and confesses to feeling jealous of the nurses who are feeding him before she can even hold him. Meanwhile, Sarah is expecting her second child.

Kelly comes in to have her fifth baby, while Joy is waiting to have her first. Babies have always come easily for Kelly: her last one was delivered three minutes after her waters broke. Joy, on the other hand, has had to undergo five years of IVF, and after days of waiting in hospital, there's still no sign of baby.

Abbie and Ross are both 17 and have been together for three years. Abbie says: "We were careful, but things happen, and things happen for a reason". Her mum Donna, a paramedic, has delivered 15 babies, but that can't prepare her for the emotional wrench of her baby having a baby. Twenty-three-year-old self-confessed free spirit Leoni had only been with her baby's father for a short time when she fell pregnant.

Two mothers are about to give birth to their first babies while two fathers are trying to work out their role in the birthing process. For Shelagh's baby son it is a dramatic start with an ambulance journey to the hospital and a quick turn around caesarean when his heart rate dips during labour. Penny is also excited about her new arrival but when labour starts her husband Ben finds it difficult.