One Born Every Minute

This week on One Born Every Minute, it’s fifth time lucky for parents with four sons already, after a tough start, plucky young Liverpudlians refuse to be downhearted and a reluctant mum finally takes the plunge. Antonia (20) met boyfriend, Allan, (23) in a post office queue on Alan’s birthday. He knew instantly that she was the one and Antonia felt like ‘a kid in a sweetshop’. They’ve been there for each other ever since and were thrilled to find out Antonia was expecting. But the twenty week scan revealed potential eyesight and hearing problems for their baby, and now the couple arrive at Southmead delivery suite not really knowing what to expect. Stefanie (33) has always wanted a girl and if her first pregnancy had resulted in a daughter she admits she would have stopped there. Now, four pregnancies and four boys later, Stefanie and partner Scott (35) are back in the delivery room. Stefanie has brought pink clothes, pink shoes and even pink sheets and blankets for the hospital cot. Stef’s mum waits anxiously outside the hospital to find out the all-important sex of latest grandchild. Sophie (24) never really wanted children, but boyfriend Rhys (27) had other ideas, and was delighted when Sophie unexpectedly falls pregnant. Armed with Pringles and sandwiches, Rhys is determined to get involved in the birth, wanting to ‘Grab the baby as it’s coming out’ and ‘Do the bit from the lion king when the monkey holds Simba up..’ But all Sophie really wants is an epidural.