Birth Day Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Birth Day: Season 1 (2000 - 2008)

Birth Day:

  • Advanced Maternal

    Two women in the medical category known as advanced maternal age deliver healthy babies

  • Alternative Birthing Options

    Multiple, natural and caesarean births

  • AM Sickness

    The myths and facts behind morning sickness, and the important nutrients needed for delivering healthy babies

  • Anaesthesia

    Investigating the epidural method of pain relief during labour

  • Bedrest

    Follow expectant mothers as they go throught the final stages of pregnancy and labour and cope with any complications that may arise

  • Birth Centre

    Behind the scenes at a birthing centre

  • Birthing Centre

    A private birthing centre, and why some women choose to give birth outside a hospital setting

  • Breech Births

    How breech births are dealt with

  • C-Section Overview

    How caesareans are performed and the risks involved in the procedure

  • Caesarean Sections

    How caesarean sections are performed and the risks involved

  • Community Hospitals

    The differences between giving birth in a community hospital and a more traditional establishment

  • CRH Factor

    Meeting two mums with a high RH Factor, indicating high acid levels in the blood stream and amniotic fluid

  • Cystocele/Heart Defect

    Everything expectant mums need to know about heart defects

  • Dads and Birth

    How fathers are playing a more active role in childbirth

  • Drug Use in Pregnancy

    How drugs can affect mother and baby during pregnancy

  • Epidural

    Investigating the epidural method of pain relief during labour

  • Fibroid Tumours

    How fibroid tumours can affect both mother and baby

  • First Time/Multiple

    The medical aspects of labour and delivery, including pain management

  • First-Time Mums

    First-time mothers learn the ropes from more experienced parents

  • Foetal Heart Deceleration

    Two babies struggle with the condition Bradycardia, which causes the heart rate to fluctuate

  • Foetal Macrosomia - Nature v Epidural

    Two mothers-to-be are both expecting abnormally large babies, and while one has labour induced a week early, her counterpart opts for a natural birth

  • GBS Infection

    The consequences of the Strep B virus in pregnancy

  • Genetic Blood Disorder/Premature Labour

    Leah finds herself confined to hospital bed rest when her waters break eight weeks before her due date

  • Haemophiliac

    How the condition haemophilia can have serious repercussions for women who want to conceive

  • Home v Hospital

    The pros and cons of home births

  • Hypno Birthing

    A woman decides to give birth without any kind of pain medication, by opting for hypnosis

  • Kidney Ailment

    Looking at how a mum's health can affect labour, and how a woman delivered a healthy baby despite having a kidney ailment

  • Labour and Delivery Triage

    Expectant mums and medical professionals discuss the birthing process and the issues involved

  • Moms in Pre-Term Labour

    How women cope with premature labour and the effect of this on the newborn

  • Mums Over 40

    Following a 46-year-old mother through labour and delivery

  • Night in Labour and Delivery

    A behind-the-scenes look at the comings and goings on a busy labour and delivery ward

  • Oligohydramnios

    Expectant mothers and medical experts talk through the issues involved in the birthing process

  • Pain Management

    Pain management during labour and delivery, and the differences between a standing and walking epidural

  • Pain Medication

    Four women make decisions on pain control during labour and delivery

  • Pre-Eclampsia/Fibroid Tumours

    Two first-time mothers have very different birthing experiences after being diagnosed with pre-eclampsia

  • Pre-Term Labour

    Pre-term labour and the special treatments used to combat early birth

  • Pre-term Triplets

    Would-be-parents who have tried for seven years to conceive find out they are expecting triplets

  • Precerta

    A mother and baby survive a rare placenta disorder

  • Preterm Rupture of Membranes

    Karen is confined to bed rest after her waters break at 27 weeks

  • Previous Miscarriage

    Following the tragic story of a woman who has suffered two previous miscarriages and is now coping with the death of her partner in a car accident

  • Quads

    Multiple births and how healthy outcomes are ensured for all the babies

  • Second C-Section

    The pros and cons of Caesarean sections

  • Sickle Cell Disease

    The effects of sickle cell anaemia on pregnant women

  • Stress in Pregnancy

    How stress during pregnancy affects the baby

  • Ulcerated Colitis

    A woman who overcame colitis to give birth

  • Unhealthy Mums

    How an expectant mother's health can affect her unborn baby

  • Vacuum Birth

    The vacuum delivery process and how it affects mother and baby

  • VBAC 1

    The lasting physical effects of giving birth by Caesarean section

  • VBAC 2

    Giving birth by Caesarean section and how it may affect future deliveries

  • VBAC : Part 3

    Exploring different birthing methods and the conflict between vaginal delivery and caesarean section

  • Young Mothers

    Teenage mothers challenge preconceptions about young mums