One Born Every Minute

The series finale features extraordinary images of premature babies being delivered by Caesarean section. Caroline and Chris Pike are expecting triplets, but one of them is much smaller than his brothers. There’s a risk he could die, and endanger the lives of his brothers. Caroline is told that she is to be booked in for a Caesarean section at seven months: the triplets will be more than two months premature. But, 48 hours before the triplets’ planned delivery, one of the babies is in distress. The staff have 30 minutes to deliver the triplets. Husband Chris is at their home, 90 miles away: a journey that can take up to four hours. Meanwhile, Sarah and Nando are expecting their first baby, but when monitoring picks up that the baby’s heartbeat is dipping, Sarah is booked in for an emergency Caesarean. It’s an emotional time for both sets of parents as they cope with the trauma of emergency deliveries. And then there’s the shock of seeing their babies in neonatal, where they’re separateed by a plastic box from the parents who desperately want to hold them.