With babies never keeping to schedule, parents wanting a memorable experience and stretched resources, midwives are desperate to deliver.
In this BBC THREE series, we follow a team of midwives in Derby and discover the frustrations and rewards of what is more than a job. Find out more about the series.
About the series
There's no shortage of "miracle of birth" programmes on TV, so what makes this one different? Find out more about the series.
Inviting the cameras
Sheila Appleby, Southern Derbyshire's head of Midwifery Services, explains her reasons for inviting the cameras.
Delivering a career
Often pigeonholed as the "people that deliver babies", but they have a much more important role: what is a midwife?
Miracle? Or medical?
The intervention of medicine in births is a recent development. How and why has childbirth become a medical procedure?
Born too soon?
Family background has a key role in deciding survial for premature babies. What fate awaits those born too soon?
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