S04:E12 - Episode 12

Dawn (38) had a traumatic birth (a shoulder dystocia) which was featured in last year’s One Born Every Minute. Now she returns to have a second baby with the memories of her critical time in the operating theatre still fresh in her mind. Meanwhile Kirri jokes her way through labour and seems to feel no pain whereas Shannon wants an epidural from the outset to ensure she doesn’t suffer. Kirri (29) met Brendan (30) when they were working at Butlins. She was behind the bar when Redcoat ‘Bren’ came in there was a mutual attraction. Kirri says “all women have a plan” and her plan was to get a job at Butlins in order to find a husband. Her plan worked and nine years later they are having their second child and still very much in love. They have a very light hearted approach to life and remarkably Kirri manages without pain relief and laughs her way through her contractions. Shannon (34) is from Detroit, Michigan, but fell in love with England as a teenager when she started reading biographies of the Beatles and all things English. She met Chris (51) from Doncaster on the internet and when she told her father, a Vietnam vet and former marine, he hired private detectives to check Chris out. Chris must have got the all clear because now they are married and having their second child. They worry that Chris may miss the birth because they don’t have any family close to hand and have no one else to look after their 20 month old daughter Celia, while mum is in labour.