Emma Willis: Delivering Babies (2018) s01e03 Episode Script

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Really hard, really hard.
With everything you've got.
From the moment her first daughter
was born,
television presenter and mother of
three Emma Willis
has been in awe of midwives.
Another deep breath in.
You can! You can!
You just, kind of, sit back and go,
"What incredible women,
"what an incredible job."
Push, now! Push, come on.
That was when my mission to
deliver babies began.
Emma's been given a unique
opportunity to find out just what it
takes to work on the front line of a
busy maternity unit.
If you're going to do something like
this, you have to do it properly.
Hi!
At a time when there is a national
shortage of midwives,
Emma will immerse herself on the
ward for ten weeks,
supporting the team.
I just wanted to see if we could get
some contractions going.
She will share the pressures
Pull the emergency button.
I need some help here! Where is it?
..the fears
Your heart is going Yup
It's coming out, it's coming out.
..and the joys
I've even been written up
on the board!
You're a dad! It's a girl.
..of delivering babies.
Well done, you.
Bit more, bit more, bit more.
Amy! Amy! Amy! Amy!
Amy! Amy!
I keep forgetting to breathe.
I keep going
There is so much hair.
You are doing so well.
She passed out. Yeah.
What completely?
On poor Sarah. Yeah, honest to God,
on me.
Can you pass out lying down?
Morning, Carol. Morning.
It's 7:30 in the morning
Watch your legs.
..and Emma is starting another
13-hour shift
at the Princess
Alexandra Hospital
You know you didn't put
the toast in? Oh, what?!
..where she's been training to be a
maternity care assistant
for the past four weeks.
So you're going to do hers, then,
next? Yeah.
It is funny, isn't it? Cos it just
looks like you're on your phone.
Yeah, I know. But you're not.
On the antenatal ward,
Emma is part of the team being
briefed on a patient who has been
in and out of the hospital
throughout Emma's time there.
So I2 is Michelle. She came in with
a PV bleed initially.
She's got a low-lying placenta.
She's taking insulin and metformin.
Bloods have been taken. She had some
IV paracetamol overnight for pain
and her blood sugars this morning
were 6.4.
So, she'll just need a review.
Michelle is 33 weeks pregnant
and has been suffering with heavy
bleeding
for the past month of her pregnancy.
Why are you here again?
I came in Friday, Friday evening,
with another bleed.
So I must have just missed you
then. Yeah, you did.
The past 24 hours have been OK.
I wanted to go home yesterday,
but they wouldn't let me.
So hopefully today?
Yeah, it will be today.
I'm determined.
I don't want to be back here until
I'm ready for a C section. Yeah.
Well, let's hope we don't see you
until at least next week. Yeah.
Michelle's placenta is partially
covering the opening to her womb,
so she will be having a
planned caesarean section.
If she continues to have bleeds,
doctors will need to deliver the
baby prematurely.
This pregnancy's been hard going -
nothing like my first.
It's the joys of having a placenta
that's low-lying.
His heartbeat's been absolutely
fine.
Movement's fine, no contractions,
it's just the bleeding.
I'm hoping to at least get
to 37 weeks
because it's only a month away
from my due date.
In her role as a maternity care
assistant,
Emma is being trained and tested in
new skills
by practice development
midwife Mandy.
Particularly, if you make a mistake,
then you have to redo them.
And this morning she's facing her
biggest training challenge so far.
Come in. Hmm. And welcome.
Thanks. I never knew that part of an
MCA's role was taking blood.
I am looking forward to
challenging myself.
I just don't want to mess it up.
For her first attempt,
Emma is practising on a simulator,
a skin-like surface that has
veins and fake blood.
So, you're going to need to palpate
to see if you can find a vein.
Oh, there? Yeah.
So, that's one.
Yup. That's one.
That's one. Lovely, yup.
There's a very small one there,
is there? Yup.
There is a very small one there,
you're right.
Clean the area in circular motions.
Oh, I'm scared now.
Pull the guard back.
That's it. OK.
Yay! There you go.
Look at that! You struck gold.
It's very satisfying when you see
that.
Oh, my God! It's so satisfying.
OK. Excellent.
Emma will do more practice on the
simulator,
before testing her skills on a
patient.
It's all good in theory. You know,
"Oh, I'm going to take your blood.
"I love blood. Oh, get a needle
out."
But, you know, the reality is very
different
because I don't want to stab anyone.
I'm not doing more than half, by the
way. This is your half.
Yeah, my half. I'll go half-half.
I'll split it with you.
Lovely, and how many weeks are you?
In addition to assisting
with births,
Emma is also expected to assist with
post-birth operations.
Great. Oh, don't forget my trolley.
At the end of her 17th shift as a
Maternity Care Assistant,
Emma was in theatre with MCA Sarah,
observing the repair of a post-birth
vaginal tear.
A vaginal tear is where the skin
has all come apart,
so you see a lot, erm, a lot of the
tissue.
Cos a woman's legs are up in
stirrups - you will see everything.
It is not a nice thing to see.
Our cameras weren't allowed
in theatre,
but, just ten minutes in,
Emma shocked everyone.
We were getting everything set up
and then, once we got the legs up
into stirrups she saw the tear,
she turned around and went, "I'm
just going to compose myself."
And she just went completely white.
She just passed out.
Her eyes started rolling and she
just went on the floor.
All I remember is me
shouting her name.
After fainting, Emma was taken
straight to a recovery room.
We got her onto a bed and then the
anaesthetist wanted everyone
to just check her blood pressure,
do an ECG,
just to make sure she was OK.
Whilst observing surgery on a
vaginal tear, Emma has fainted
and is awaiting the results
of an electrocardiogram to check her
heart.
I feel really sick.
Really? Want a sick bowl?
No, I don't think I will be sick,
but you know when you just feel?
It's fine. Told you. He's happy with
that, so it's fine. Thanks.
It's good news.
Emma's ECG results show that there's
nothing seriously wrong.
Oh, sweetheart.
You all right? Yeah. Sure?
She passed out. Completely?
She foamed at the mouth. Yeah.
Completely? On poor Sarah.
Yeah, honest to God, on me.
And do you know, in-between the
theatre, two doors? There.
She was on top of me and I was like,
"I can't move. What am I going to
do?"
So, I just pushed the door a little
bit.
I was like, "Can someone come in?"
You know when you hear someone
panic call your name?
That's what I heard when I
came round.
Emma! Emma! Emma!
I was like
Emma's been sent home
and is under strict doctor's orders
to take things easy.
I feel, um
..I feel really out of it
and not quite right.
Uh, and they have told me that I
have to rest,
so not to go in tomorrow,
which also makes me feel a bit silly
and, like, I can't hack it.
Yeah, embarrassing I think is
definitely
..definitely the word I would use.
It's been two days since Emma
fainted
and she's still off work.
This afternoon she's arranged to
meet up with her mum
to talk about what happened.
My mum was an auxiliary nurse on a
labour ward
for about 15/20 years.
My mum is
..she's wonderful.
She's just an all-round good egg.
We call her King Cath because
she's
..she bosses it, in a good way.
And she's bossy.
How are you feeling today, Emma?
Really stupid,
and I was embarrassed and I felt
like Why were you embarrassed?
Because I kind of you know, like,
when you're Like the wimpy kid?
I felt like the wimpy kid, yeah.
I've seen many people that have to
go out of theatre,
either fainted or feel faint.
Don't worry about it.
I know, but I do.
No, really, I'm not just saying it
to make you feel better.
It is very common.
It's pretty common.
It's not an everyday occurrence,
but it does happen.
I've seen quite a few in my time.
The newbies?
They normally are the newbies,
yeah. Yeah.
All I've ever known of my mum and
her working life was
her working in hospitals.
You know, it's been a massive part
of my childhood and my life, really.
I remember sometimes picking you up
from work with Dad
and, obviously, my biggest memory
is That hat?
No, your smell.
Oh, you did, didn't you? Your smell.
You used to say,
"You smell like hospital."
I used to suck my thumb and
I'd sniff her arm.
That's what I used to do when she
come from work,
I'd just suck my thumb and grab her
arm
and just sniff it,
because I love the smell of it.
And now, when I walk into hospitals,
I'm like, "It smells like my mum."
Isn't that weird?
Normally people go, "Ew, hospitals."
I'm like "Hmm, Mum."
Yeah, it's all your fault.
Not everybody's put off by
hospital smells.
I don't know what it is. I know,
it's weird, isn't it?
Fancy liking that smell, but maybe
that's why
..I always wanted to do it.
Thank you very much for lunch.
It's all right.
At the hospital, a new couple have
arrived on the birthing unit.
Nice, long deep breaths. Well done.
Amy and husband Oliver are
expecting their second child.
We'll just be nice and calm
and relaxed.
Nice, long deep breaths on
that gas. Well done.
Amy's already ten centimetres
dilated
and midwife Cherelle is overseeing
her water birth.
I have been present in about
five pool births.
The water provides an amount
of buoyancy,
so mums feel a little bit
weightless.
Whilst Amy works hard to give birth,
Oliver's going to be working at
making amends.
You're like, "What is it?!"
The first pregnancy I was, kind of,
nominated
with the responsibility of calling
out the sex of the baby when it
arrived
and I was so overwhelmed the
first time that, when I saw
that the baby was a girl,
I just completely froze up and
nothing was coming out of my mouth
and my wife actually had to jump in.
So, this time we'll have a do over,
yeah, OK? We'll do a do over.
So, I'll keep it
..and you can tell us what we've
got.
Just 30 minutes after her arrival,
Amy is ready to start pushing.
Second babies do come a lot quicker
because your body has gone
through that motion before,
you've got muscle memory,
so they are a little bit
more stretch to them.
SHE MOANS
Push down a little bit more for me.
With the aid of a small birthing
mirror, midwife Cherelle is checking
for signs of the baby's head.
So, the next one, I want you to do
exactly what you're doing, OK?
Oh, my gosh!
And push, cos the
baby's head is there.
Push, push, push. Ahh!
Good, good, good.
Bit more, bit more. Long pushes.
Really, really good.
Right into your bottom, that's it.
Bit more, bit more, bit more.
SHE SCREAMS
Amy, Amy, Amy, Amy, Amy.
Amy, listen. Don't scream, just
focus and push into your bottom.
Keep your bottom under the water
but I want you to focus on pushing.
It's going to sting, OK?
Cos the baby's head is right there.
But I want you to try and give
little pushes for me, little pushes,
try not to scream.
Just 38 minutes after the first push
and Amy's baby's head is born.
Turn around, turn around, turn
around, turn around, turn around.
That's it. Just hold on to that.
It's all right,
Oliver's got the gas.
Let go, let go, let go.
That's it. That's it. That's it.
Big push down. Big push down.
Come on. Come on. Push, push, push.
Breathe harder, Amy.
Good. Good. Good. Yes.
Push, push, push, push, push, push.
Yes, yes, yes.
Push, push, push, push.
Head down, OK?
Well done. Baby.
Well done.
PANTING: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Well done!
BABY CRIES
Well done, Amy!
Just one hour and 17 minutes
after arriving at the hospital,
Amy and Oliver's baby is born.
Well done. Congratulations!
Thank you. Congratulations.
All right, Oliver?
It's a little boy!
Congratulations! Well done!
The next day, Emma is
back at work
Good morning.
Are you feeling better? Yeah.
..and is greeted by veteran
maternity care assistant Val.
What was it? Like, the shock
of it or?
I think it brought back memories.
It might well have done. I know,
like, this is the first time
when you
Psychological trauma. No, but it's
true. But you'll be all right.
Yeah.
I think they're easing me
back in gently on birthing.
What, going on there
instead of labour ward?
Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well.
All right then. See you later.
See you later. Bye. Bye.
But before Emma can get started
on her rounds, Alison Steele,
the deputy head of midwifery
How are you? You all right?
Yeah, I'm all right.
..has asked to see Emma.
Staff fainting at work
doesn't happen frequently,
but it certainly does happen.
Sometimes it is because they are
very tired or the heat's got
to them.
For some, if they've had children,
it brings back memories,
so they're having to deal with
flash backs and things like that.
Am I going to get told off?
SHE LAUGHS
So, Emma, I do want to
check in how you are cos
there was a little
episode the other day.
I feel good now,
but now I'm more determined than
ever to get back in there and feel
at ease with it.
I mean, it's great because Michelle,
who you've been following,
is possibly going to theatre today
and I just wanted to make sure
you felt you wanted to go back in
there. Yes. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Wonderful. All right. Thank you.
Well, I'm glad you're all right,
but don't hesitate to come
and find me if you want to.
Thank you very much. All right.
Word has also reached training
and development midwife Mandy
that Emma is back at work.
She's just come up to me and said,
"A new lady's coming in, she needs
"bloods done, are you ready?"
And I literally want
to vomit in a bucket.
Ah!
Emma learnt to take blood
on artificial skin,
but today she'll be taking blood
from a patient for the first time.
Charlotte? Yeah. Hi, I'm Emma.
Are you OK if I take
your blood sample? Yes.
So I'm going to look at your arms,
make sure I can find somewhere
to take your blood. May I?
Mandy, I definitely don't
think I can get anything.
No, I think it's going to be
difficult to try get one from there.
What about looking anywhere else?
I mean, her hands look nice
and juicy. You OK if I do it?
Yep. OK, just relax.
I've suddenly gone really hot.
You'll be fine.
Remember what we said -
in at a 30-degree angle.
And in you go.
That's it. Keep going. Keep going.
Little bit more. Really?
Yep, I think you're
probably there now. OK.
There's your bottle Oh, no!
I think you might have popped it.
Yes. Never mind.
Oh, no, I'm so sorry, Charlotte.
Well, let's have a little look now,
see if it's stopped bleeding.
I don't want to!
Oh, I'm so annoyed at myself.
We'll go and have a chat.
I just want to kick myself.
The minute you're given a human arm
and a needle, and you're asked
to just stab it in a vein
and get the blood out,
it's absolutely terrifying.
I mean, I panicked.
I was literally shaking
and I blew up her vein.
For the past five weeks, Michelle,
who is only 35 weeks pregnant,
has been bleeding
from a low-lying placenta.
It's a concern for both staff at the
maternity unit and her husband Mark.
Hello.
The risks for both Michelle and her
five-week premature baby's health
are increasing daily,
so today doctors are going
to perform an emergency
caesarean section.
So we didn't quite make 36.
No, we didn't get there.
But it's better than 34. Yeah.
And it all changed yesterday, so
So what happened yesterday?
This was my sixth big bleed,
so they've held on as long as they
could.
Yeah. And I think the risk of
the placenta coming away now is
too high, and if that happens
it's like
Yeah, nobody wants that.
No. Everyone's in danger, so
If Michelle's placenta were
to detach, it would deprive her baby
of oxygen and vital nutrients.
It's the first time I've had
a C section. I'm completely
I have no idea what to expect.
You feel a bit of tugging.
Yeah. But not like
You can feel someone rummaging.
Have you had?
I've had two, yeah.
So it's all right, then?
I mean, I'm terrified of it. Yeah.
Yeah. They can't
Hello. Hello. Hello.
Hi. Hi. I'm ready to
take you to theatre.
OK. All right.
I will see you in there.
See you in a bit.
Off you popsy. We've got you sorted.
Yeah, we've got everything.
You ready?
During Michelle's surgery,
Emma's going to be running with
MCA Zarah in the same theatre
that she fainted in.
Do you want to sit down?
Are you worried?
Looking after you.
No, I might get some water though.
I love theatre, but it is
a big responsibility.
I'm good at catching people.
I've not known any staff
to faint at work.
Quite a few newly qualifieds,
they're a bit touch and go
until they've been
there a few times.
Zarah and Emma will be assisting
with counts, both of the
surgical instruments - to ensure
none are left inside the patient -
and the timings of each
significant surgical procedure.
As soon as she comes in,
we'll put the time on the board.
When Emily puts the
catheter in, we'll put the time on.
We are depended on, we need to
know that everything's stocked,
everything's ready,
everything's clean and good to go.
With Michelle all prepped,
the anaesthetist first administers
a spinal catheter to numb
the pain of the operation.
Just relax, drop your shoulders,
take a deep breath in and then let
your shoulders go all floppy.
Right, can you push
your back into my thumb?
It's going to be a very graphic
operation and may make uncomfortable
viewing for Emma, especially after
fainting in theatre three days ago.
Do you want this bit done?
No, no, that's enough. Sure?
Yeah, I don't have to go full-full.
You're done. Thank you.
The surgeons make an incision
into Michelle's stomach
so they can get the baby out.
Oh!
Knife to skin. Yup. 11.18.11.18.
I keep forgetting to breathe.
I keep going
See that?
Just five minutes into the operation
and the surgeon delivers
Michelle's baby.
Oh, hello!
BABY CRIES Hello!
Hello. Hello!
I'm just going to take
him round, all right?
As he's five weeks premature,
his lungs aren't fully developed.
He's gorgeous.
Have you seen him yet? No.
Michelle gets to see her baby
briefly before he's taken to
the hospital's neo-natal intensive
care unit to be closely monitored.
OK.
With her baby boy in safe hands,
it's now time to get mum Michelle
stitched back up.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Do you want me to cross them off?
It's down to Emma
to do the final count.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
I've got one, two, three here.
Four, five, six. Lovely.
How'd you feel about it all?
I'm so glad I came back in.
Good job.
Yay! It was a success!
It was a success on
many levels, actually.
Baby is wonderful and Michelle
was absolutely fantastic.
Everyone's very happy with how
it went and I didn't faint.
Win, win, win.
Despite five weeks of heavy bleeds,
baby Oliver has come into
the world largely unscathed.
Just four hours after her C section
and Michelle is off to the
intensive care unit to see her baby
properly for the first time.
You're pretty good at this,
I'd hire you.
You sound shocked.
I've crashed these so many times,
not with women on them,
don't you worry.
It's cos it's Michelle on here,
I think.
My second child was in
intensive care
straight from delivery
for a few days
and so I've kind of been
that mum who was quite overwhelmed,
and I suppose partly panicked
because sometimes it can
look worse than it is.
How you feeling about seeing him?
Yeah, I bet.
In just a short time, baby Oliver's
breathing has improved,
he no longer requires oxygen
and tubes are instead helping
with air flow to keep his lungs
open between breaths.
Oh, look.
Not bad for a premature baby, is he?
He's the same weight as
my little one was - 6.4.
Oh, bless him. Look at
him holding your finger.
Is that what he's been doing? Yeah.
Oh, he's just clinging on -
like this.
It's horrible when you see them
with all this as well, isn't it?
I hate that he's got it all on,
but at the end of the day
it's helping him get stronger. Yeah.
If baby Oliver's condition
continues to improve this fast,
he will be out of the incubator
tomorrow and out of intensive care
in just a couple of days.
Well, I'm so pleased you're both OK.
Bea and Turk are having
their second child.
Oh, God.
Why have we done this again?
They have been married
for six years.
We met each other as ten-year-olds.
We actually grew up about three
roads away from each other.
I knew I wanted to marry
Bea quite quickly.
She's a beautiful lady
and caring and loving,
and a fantastic mum as well.
She's my friend,
she's my best friend.
And, to be fair, she's lucky she's
got me as well, you know?
It's your fault.
You got me when I was vulnerable.
I had gin in my body. In your
system. It was a good night.
The first time round
with Sienna, I think
it was the unexpected.
I think, now knowing the pain
and everything else that goes
along with it,
I think she's a bit apprehensive,
but I think she's going
to be fantastic.
Bea's baby is two days overdue
and, despite having had contractions
over those two days,
her labour isn't progressing,
but she's in good hands
with midwife Naghmeh.
How are you feeling? OK.
I have been a midwife for
38 years now.
I think I've probably delivered
..probably coming up to about a
thousand.
So, yes.
Let's put it this way, I'm here
till eight o'clock in the morning
We'll be done.
..and I'm going to have this baby.
Good. Cos if it ain't,
you're staying.
I'm staying. Exactly.
THEY LAUGH
Lovely.
OK, darling?
An hour after her arrival, Naghmeh
is taking Bea to the labour ward
to try to move her labour forward.
Welcome to our labour ward. Yay!
How's your contractions, Bea?
Yeah, they're still the same
sort of pain.
OK, if you could just lift and
come towards me a little bit.
Perfect. Lovely.
I am going to break your waters
for you, is that OK, darling? Yeah.
Good girl.
We sometimes need to artificially
break the waters, or we call
it ARM, which is stands for
artificial rupture of membranes,
if their own waters haven't gone.
I don't know how many ARMs I've
done - I'm going to say it is a lot.
Using an amniotic hook,
Naghmeh breaks Bea's waters.
Perfect.
Loads of hair on your
baby's head. Aw!
Get your breathing going.
With her waters broken,
Bea's contractions could
intensify at any moment.
Oh, God.
THEY BREATHE DEEPLY
Stop breathing with me.
Bea's waters have been artificially
broken and she's been in labour
for over an hour, with husband
Turk and mum Shenel at her side.
I'm in so much pain!
I know you are,
but you're doing so well. Ahh!
OK. Keep the gas, get the gas.
Oh, my God. If you could just
lean back for me, please.
Bea, you are nine centimetres
dilated, darling.
Oh, wow. What do you think?
Midwife Naghmeh is on duty.
Babe, one more centimetre to go.
You're nearly there.
Nine centimetres.
It's literally a tiny weeny bit of
a moon-shape rim of cervix left,
so we're just literally now waiting
for that one centimetre to go
out of the way
and bish, bash, bosh,
we'll have the baby.
Can we bring both of these legs up,
darling, at the same time?
Because I feel you
are fully dilated.
Right, give me a push.
If the pain is there,
give me a push.
Well done. I can see your baby's
head, loads and loads of hair.
T, come and have a look.
Keep it going. Keep it going.
Keep it going.
Keep it going. Keep it going.
Oh, God. Bea, you're there,
you're there.
There's so much hair,
you are doing so well.
Give me a push again.
Here we go. Here she comes.
Beautiful.
BEA MOANS
Her head's out.
Well done.
Do you want to feel the head?
Go ahead.
Oh, my God.
Give me a nice big push,
let us get her out, darling.
Come on. Come on. Right down there.
Everything you've got.
Beautiful, you clever girl.
Here she comes! Here she comes!
Lovely. Lovely.
She's out! She's out!
She's out! There we go, my lovely.
Is she all right?
She is lovely.
Two hours after
her waters were broken,
Bea and husband Turk welcome
a new addition to their family.
Congratulations.
Happy birthday, baby. You done it.
BABY CRIES Oh, baby!
It's definitely a girl.
Yay!
OK, lovely.
It's a healthy baby girl,
but the hard work is not over yet.
Bea still needs to
deliver the placenta.
Bea, could you push for me,
darling, a little tad?
Perfect. One more push, my lovely.
That's it.
Oh. Stay where you are,
stay where you are.
But whilst pushing the placenta out,
Bea has started to bleed.
I've just pulled the buzzer,
staff are going to come,
please don't get panicky.
Is she all right?
You just seem to be bleeding
a little bit heavier than normal.
Within seconds, Bea's situation
has become critical and the
emergency team arrive.
BPH.
Bea, you all right?
Can I have scriber, please? 0014.
We need Venflon.
We need 40 units.
Please, please, please, please.
Now, listen to me, please,
you are bleeding, I'm just going
to put a catheter into your bladder
to empty your bladder for you.
Bea, are you OK?
Could you push down for me,
please, my darling?
I need to get this placenta out.
Third stage of labour
is very important
because, if there is small
piece of membranes left inside,
you can bleed and bleed and bleed,
and it could be detrimental
to the woman's life.
BEA MOANS
Moments later,
Bea manages to push out the placenta
and the haemorrhaging stops.
HE EXHALES
BEA MOANS
It's a lot of blood, isn't it?
Are you OK?
Take your time.
Why is she shaking?
It's just all the hormones and
the shock of labour. Are you, OK?
OK, darling.
Bea lost 600ml of blood,
but both Mum and baby are fine.
Turk, I mean it,
you're getting the snip.
I'm not joking.
I can't do this ever again.
When anyone pulls an emergency
button,
you don't know what is going on,
so my heart sank,
but I knew we were in safe hands.
Nine hours after baby
Rayna's birth
..Emma pays Bea and Turk a visit.
Hello. Hello. How are you?
I'm good. I'm Emma. Nice to meet
you, I'm Turk. Nice to meet you.
Bea? Hello. Yes. You look fabulous.
I just feel achy, bruised.
But, no, I feel great.
So did you go into
the birthing unit?
So they had an emergency situation,
where they pulled the buzzer,
everyone rushed in.
Oh, God. It was more to do with
they couldn't get the placenta out,
so it caused extra bleeding.
Something to do with the membrane
being caught, etc,
but You're like, "Really?"
Honestly, I didn't know
what was going on.
That's terrifying, isn't it? Yeah.
What did she weigh? 7.8.
That's so nice. It's so nice.
It makes such a difference.
Does it make you broody again?
This bit does, that
kind of immediately after,
when you're together
with your partner
and that whole little bubble
that you're in is amazing.
It's that journey, isn't it?
Yeah, totally.
Listen, I'm going to leave you be,
but I'll pop back later
and see you before you leave.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
After practising taking
blood all week
I'm hoping that I'm not going to be
as nervous as I was last time.
..Emma is about to have
her skills put to the test.
Hey, Bea. Are you OK?
Yeah, I'm good.
Are you happy for me to
do your bloods? Yes.
Yes
SHE LAUGHS
And this time it's on Bea.
BABY CRIES
Oh, she doesn't want it to happen.
Oh, Mandy! Not again.
Do you want to check?
Do you mind if I have a look
at this hand as well? Is that OK?
We'll have a little look and see.
Oh, that's a good one.
It's like Christmas.
I'm just going to clean the area.
Pop your arm there.
That's the right way.
About there, Mandy? Yep, perfect.
Sharp scratch.
Fantastic.
Look at that. Yes.
It won't undo. Just pull a little.
That's it. Sorry.
Well done. And then piece of gauze.
My hand is slipping.
And then just pull backwards.
SHE EXHALES
That was really good.
It's a successful result for Emma
and she passes with flying colours.
So we'll get this sent off.
Thank you, Bea.
SHE EXHALES
Bloods this time around
was a roaring success.
Yay, me!
Honestly, I felt like a hero.
I am a qualified human vampire.
Thank you for your wife's blood.
You've got blue everywhere.
She's got a lot of mine anyway.
Come on, then!
We're just going to take it up.
No worries.
They're such a nice family.
They are.
That's it.
Big push into your bottom.
She has quick babies, right?
Last time, she pushed her baby
out with the first urge.
They've had so many
incredibly sad losses.
I just can't even imagine
how you can recover
from something like that.
Is the baby safe?
Baby will be fine,
as long as we're quick.