One Born Every Minute

S05:E09 - Episode 9

On tonight’s episode - the mum who thought she could never have children checks into the labour ward to have her miracle baby, the woman who gave away her eggs only to have problems conceiving herself and the couple whose first date ended so well they moved in together after three days. Stephanie (21) and Tyrone (22) had only been together four months when Stephanie found out that she had blocked fallopian tubes and might never have children. So the duo where shocked and delighted when a nasty tummy bug turned out to be the early stages of pregnancy “I did five pregnancy tests because I didn’t believe any of them”. Steph’s mum joins them for the birth – she may have forgotten the tissues and the water – but she’s armed with advice to help the new parents on their way. When 39 year old Jo turned thirty she thought she’d never find Mr Right and made the decision to donate her eggs. “Selfishly it felt like part of me would be out there if I never gave birth to my on baby”. Little did she know that when she finally meet the man of her dreams, Mark (37), they would actually have problems conceiving themselves. After several rounds of fertility treatment Jo and Mark had their first child and 2 years later they are back at Southmead for a baby number two. But as the labour progresses, the baby’s heart-beat begins to drop and Jo is rushed into theatre. Meanwhile, Chantelle (24) and Steve (41) wile away the hours checking out hospital food and trying out contraction timing aps, as they wait for their third bundle of joy to arrive. The larger than life couple met on Christmas Eve and by new years’ day had moved in together “It’s always been a bit of a hurricane our relationship, but it’s the way we like it”. But can the duo weather out the impending storm of labour?