Episode 9

One Born Every Minute celebrates the unique story at the heart of every single pregnancy, by capturing the enduring emotion surrounding birth and the beginning of a new life. In this episode an Amber Alert is declared at the Princess Anne Maternity Hospital. They are inundated with mothers in labour and are running out of beds. Three women with complications add to the drama. When Hayley (26) met Godfrey (35) she says she knew he was the one for her. He's boisterous but good-natured, and enjoys playing computer games and eating fish and chips during his wife's painful labour. Despite his jokes, Godfrey is missing his father, who died recently, and with the impending birth of his own child, the death of his dad is hitting home. Hayley has polycystic ovary syndrome so she knew the chances of conceiving were reduced. Now she's happy to be in the final stages of pregnancy. But the staff are closely monitoring her high blood pressure. Amy (27) is outwardly cheerful but her previous four conceptions all resulted in miscarriages. Her partner Jordan (29) explains that this is the furthest along for a pregnancy Hayley's been, and they are constantly worried something might go wrong. Finally, when the hospital is at one of its busiest times for beds, Claire (24) arrives to have her second baby and she also has raised blood pressure. There are too many labours starting with too few midwives and anaesthetists available.