Emma Willis: Delivering Babies (2018) s02e05 Episode Script

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WAILING
Last year, TV presenter
and mother-of-three Emma Willis
spent ten weeks
working on the front line
of the Princess Alexandra Hospital's
Maternity Unit.
Well done!
TEARY: It's something
I always, always wanted to do
and thank you for letting me live it.
Now Emma is returning
to finish her training
You really got hooked with us.
Yes. I love it. I love it.
..to become a fully qualified
maternity care assistant
that could work in any hospital
in the country.
I feel like there's so much to learn.
She'll be more independent
Up the nose. Oh, well done.
..across high-risk wards
..and in theatre.
It's a girl! Is it?
Just got a bit broody
for a second then.
Supporting a dedicated team
of midwives
That's it, that's really good.
Keep that going, keep that going.
Push it away!
SHE GROANS
Three loops of cord around the neck.
Oh, my God.
..Emma will share the pressures
Emergency. All teams
to labour ward one theatre, please.
Thank you very much.
..the fears I wanna go home!
..and the joys Excellent!
MAN CHUCKLES
Well done.
..of helping to bring new life
Clever girl.
..into the world.
Hello, Daddy. Smile.
EMMA SIGHS
I'm gonna be a wreck
by the end of this.
You're gonna knock this over.
Huh? So, this time
I'm hoping I'm gonna knock you over.
Oh, thanks! You said you were doing
the room. Well, you took over!
Emma is over halfway through
her 16-week placement
at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
I'll mop the room. You mop
the bathroom, I'll mop the room.
Deal? That's fair. Yeah.
The bathroom's much smaller.
Before she finishes,
she needs to complete
both practical and written work
to become a fully qualified
maternity care assistant.
So this time you're doing your care
certificate. How you finding it?
It's hard.
Especially when you're working
and then you've got your kids
and they're all round you.
When you're at home, you get up,
"I'll do it at home," and you can't,
cos you've got to focus so much that
actually the kids are in your ears
and you're like,
"I can't concentrate."
Sitting down and writing and reading.
I have to do that
for the kids' homework
and then you have your own
homework to do as well.
And it feels weird cos I'm 43
and I did school, it's over,
and now I'm doing school for
a nine-year-old and a seven-year-old
and then schoolwork for myself again.
Erm, but what I will gain at
the end of it is worth it.
I'm much more of a practical
person Yep, me too.
..than a written person, so I know
exactly what to do and what to write,
but when it's written, the question,
I'm like, "Well, what
the hell does that mean?"
So you do just have to
do worst-case scenario,
"If this happened,
this is what I would do." Yeah.
And then Because
All they want to know is that you
know what to do in any situation.
The care certificate has
That ball has been dropped.
So, erm, that is something
that I need to pick up now
SHE CHUCKLES
..and get done.
Today, Emma will be working with
the elective caesarean team,
and midwife Sam.
I've done all of her
pre-op bits already,
so all she needs now
is observations,
if you could go and do those.
And then we'll go to theatre
and brief, if that's OK.
And have a baby. And have a baby.
Aww! Thank you. OK.
Her next patient
is 32-year-old Jodie,
who is accompanied
by her partner, Ben.
They have opted for
a caesarean section
after a traumatic delivery
of their first child.
When our first son was born
he was two weeks late,
so Jodie was induced,
and he got in a bit of distress
and eventually, you know,
she went in for a C-section.
It was a like a bit of a whirlwind,
cos once they pushed the button,
it was
You know, it was like
a big team of people flew in
and, yeah, they just basically
rushed her straight through.
They were amazing, actually.
Really good.
Hi! Hello. How are you? I'm OK.
Can I come and do your obs? Yeah.
I'm actually a bit nervous. I'm
excited, but Yeah. I'm excited.
It's gonna be good. Can you pop that
under your tongue? Close your mouth.
THEY CHUCKLE
Perfect. Yep.
Do you know what you're having?
A boy. A second boy.
Second boy. Oh, you'll be
surrounded by boys. Yep.
You all right? Yeah, good.
You know what you're doing.
Yeah, I'm always good.
He's like, "This is fine.
It's all in a day's work." Yeah.
Not for you. Although you know what
you're doing. It'll be all right.
Erm, yeah, totally.
You've done it all before.
Yep. I know what's coming.
Everything will be wonderful.
Fingers crossed.
Looking forward to it. Yeah.
Erm, right, I'll see you in there.
OK. See you soon. Bye.
I think it's always
a massive exhale
SHE EXHALES
..when you know someone's
had a traumatic first birth
and you know,
they can really affect you
and they can affect your head
and erm
It happened to me and I opted for
a section the second time,
because I just
I I couldn't
I couldn't imagine
going through that again.
On the other side of the Maternity
Department is the Birthing Unit,
where mums who are termed "low-risk"
can choose to give birth in a pool.
Margaret, who am I doing notes for?
Ricardi.
With 29 years' experience
as a midwife,
Margaret is
the Birthing Unit Manager.
That's his tickle reflex
or Galant reflex.
So if you do that, he does, whoop -
a little bit of a hip wiggle.
Thank you very much.
I've worked in all aspects
of midwifery,
in every care setting possible.
Look at you. You're just adorable!
To be at somebody's birth
is the most privileged position
you could ever find yourself in.
It's the most intimate time in a
woman's life and her partner's life
and I love it.
WOMAN GROANS
Margaret's next family - dad Jack,
mum-of-two 28-year-old Charlie,
and her mum, Jan, are just arriving.
Here we are, just in here.
Oh, yeah.
Charlie's in the early stages
of labour
and is hoping to have
her first water birth.
SHE SIGHS IN RELIEF
So, my darling, are we ready?
I wanted to check you were happy
to give birth in the pool.
Yeah, I'd love that.
That's my daughter and her partner
having the third baby.
Don't know what it is yet.
We were hoping to decide before
with the first one,
but we ended up getting rushed over
to the other side, so, yeah.
It was a bit awful.
Hopefully she'll do it,
do it in there.
No splashing.
Huh? You wanna splash me?
SHE CHUCKLES
SHE MOANS
SHE GROANS AND EXHALES
Oh, God. That really hurt.
Oh, my back.
Are they getting worse?
What, the contractions? Yeah.
Well, all I can tell you is they're
coming nice and thick and fast.
You're the one that can tell me
how bad they are,
but look how well you're doing.
Fundamentally, water changes
a woman's experience of her pain.
And the warmth of the pool,
the sensation of the water
lapping up against the skin
helps to release her endorphins.
I've been having a telepathic
conversation with Jack.
He's told me he's going to buy you
two diamond earrings.
JAN SCOFFS
Just trying to get a car.
MARGARET LAUGHS
My fanny hurts.
SHE INHALES
The technical term.
God knows how it's gonna come out.
- There's only one way, babe.
- You all right, darling?
SHE INHALES AND GROANS
It's coming.
SHE INHALES AND EXHALES
SHE GROANS AND WINCES
It's burning. Burning, yeah?
Yeah, it's coming.
WOMAN GROANS
SHE INHALES
SHE WAILS
Mum-of-two Charlie is with her
partner, Jack, and her mum, Jan.
Supporting her through
the final stages of labour
are midwives Margaret and Jessica.
She does put us through it,
doesn't she, Jack? Yeah.
Guys, I promise you,
you would not want to be doing
what this young lady is doing.
She is a-mazing.
She's doing brilliant.
The water in the pool
is at 37 degrees centigrade
to mimic Mum's body temperature.
If I was to imagine the environment
that a baby might be in
inside of its mother,
it's warm, they can hear
the throb of her heartbeat,
they can swim around,
and that's their life.
So to be born out into water,
that won't be so different.
That'd be my best way of being born.
SHE INHALES
SHE STRAINS
SHE INHALES AND STRAINS
SHE EXHALES
SHE STRAINS
Oh, it's coming.
Oh, you think your waters have gone?
Yeah, they have.
Just listen to your body.
Just really slowly,
edge it out like you were doing.
The contraction's gone.
Stop. Pushing that is.
It has gone.
OK, nice and slowly.
I am!
He's coming, darling. He's coming.
Baby, don't rush, don't rush.
Beautiful.
Nice and slowly.
After two hours
in the birthing pool,
the baby's head is crowning.
All right?
SHE STRAINS AND SCREAMS
SHE INHALES
Good girl. Good girl.
Baby's head's out, babe.
16.15.
Delivery of head.
Oh, oh, now what?
Just wait for the next contraction
and when it comes along, nice,
deep push to get the shoulders out.
SHE MOANS
Oh, my arse. Nice and slowly,
nice and slowly. There we go.
The baby's receiving oxygen
from the umbilical cord
so it can survive underwater.
I'm not getting any of this.
JAN SOBS
Charl, God!
Am I pushing?
SOBS: You're having the baby.
Oh, my God. He's
Or she's having a little swim.
Oh, look!
Right, big push for me now, darling.
I can't. Come on, get it
Big push. So we can show you, babe.
I can't touch him or her until
they're out. Big push for me.
It's out.
Oh, my God. Oh, look!
After 15 minutes of pushing,
Charlie's baby is born
..with its eyes already open.
It's a boy.
SHE GIGGLES
Come on, sit up on the step.
Get on the step. Oh, my fanny.
Oh!
SHE SHRIEKS
What time was all that? 16.16.
BABY CRIES
16.16?
Yeah.
Oh, baby.
BABY WAILS AND JAN SOBS
You did very well.
BABY CRIES
Shh.
SHE EXHALES
Congratulations!
Thank you.
Oh, wow, that was amazing.
If you get the right lighting
and you just get the bouncing
of the light on top of the water
SHE CHUCKLES
..and you see this little one emerge
at the bottom of clear water,
and they're just going
SHE GASPS It's like stargazing.
It's just magical.
It really is gorgeous.
I've never seen anything like that.
Oh, my God.
There's nothing like it.
That is amazing.
You all right?
I'm all right, hun.
I'm feeling really very proud
of her. Done me very proud.
Oh, dear.
SHE SNIFFLES
You OK?
I get to be with a mother and father
as their family grows.
That's us now. No more.
BABY CRIES
Yeah, we've got our own football
team now, innit? So, happy days.
I call it an everyday miracle.
And that's why I love
being a midwife.
You have to take
all your outside clothes off.
There's a toilet/bathroom
just round the corner. OK.
I'm gonna give you a gown. Yeah.
Just leave my boxers, right?
Yeah, keep those on. Keep those on.
Following the results
of Jodie and Ben's observations
Emma carried out earlier,
they have now been given
the all-clear
to have their elective caesarean.
I met Jodie this morning.
She ended up having an emergency
section with her first baby
and now they're having
baby number two,
they have elected for section.
And I get to go in and see it.
Oh, I love it. Love being in theatre.
I hate wearing these Greggs ones.
Why? Cos I just hate them.
I look like a mophead. But it's
so attractive. I'm like a mophead.
Ee-ee!
SHE GIGGLES
As Emma will be the only MCA
in theatre,
it's essential she knows the names
of the equipment.
So, in the section pack,
which ones do they use?
They use abdo
Mm-hm.
..and small. That's it. Yes.
Yes!
In the delivery packs
they have the large.
When they deliver in the room? Yes.
Also if they come in here
for an instrumental,
when we give them their delivery
pack, it is the large swabs. OK.
Know what these ones are?
Littlewoods.
Yep. Well done. I just read it.
SHE LAUGHS You cheater!
Electives are completely different
to labour wards, emergency theatre.
Electives are so calm,
whereas whenever you're in theatre
in an emergency, it's not calm.
It's completely different to the way
they do things in the electives.
With the theatre all set, it's time
for Jodie to have her baby.
They are the height of fashion. Do I
need to wear one? Yeah, why not?
Just for the fun of it. We can all
look like dinner ladies together.
If all goes smoothly, it's going to
happen relatively quickly.
I think with a section, you know
it's going to be pretty quick,
whereas with labour,
you've got no idea.
Are you excited? Uh, yeah, I am.
Bit nervous, actually.
She's having a section.
Emma's tasks are to prepare
the instruments
and document each stage
of the operation.
Couldn't you have done this?
What, the injection?
No, had it, had him.
I would have if I could have.
Jodie's having a spinal anaesthetic,
which takes away all feeling
from the waist down.
Right, my dear,
sorry if I'm pushing hard.
I'm just trying to appreciate
the space in the back.
She'll just need a plastic tape
on the back. Are you OK?
I'm good. Sure? Yeah.
You can sit down on the chair
if you want to.
If you feel queasy at any time,
let me know. No, I'm good, I'm good.
And I'll try and catch you!
It's just needles.
Here we go.
Hope you're grateful for this.
Jodie is about to have her
second baby by elective caesarean.
Emma is the designated theatre MCA.
Starting.
Starting, 11.21.
I just find it incredible
..what these guys do. It's amazing.
I like being in here a lot,
I like watching the process,
watching the little dance
that they do on this table,
like a very slick waltz.
CLICKS FINGERS
HE WHISPERS
Ben keeps peeping,
peeping round the corner.
SHE LAUGHS He's trying to look.
You're really trying to have a look.
I'm gonna get myself in trouble,
aren't I?
To reduce scarring
on Jodie's stomach,
surgeons stretch the incision,
creating a larger hole.
The first time I ever saw it,
I was, like,
"What the hell? They're going to rip
that poor person in two."
And then the more you see it, you're
like, "Oh, it's quite normal.
SHE CHUCKLES
I've been pulled apart like that.
You can feel the tugging, can't you?
Yeah, you can feel a pressure
and you can feel like
a weird sensation. Yeah.
You can't feel it.
No. You can't feel the pain
but you feel pressure.
You can't feel the pain
but you can feel tugging and
Yeah.
TUBE SUCKING
EMMA GASPS Here we go!
Just 14 minutes
after walking into theatre
..Jodie's second baby is born.
Aww, hello!
BABY CRIES
BABY WAILS
BABY SCREECHES
Do you want to take a swab?
BABY CRIES
My little boy.
He's definitely a boy.
Oh, wow.
Hello, little man.
Congratulations!
Thank you. Cheers.
Are you OK? Do you want me
to take pictures of you?
Welcome to the world.
Don't know which one's
his umbilical cord.
SHE LAUGHS
Don't cut the wrong one.
Keep cutting. That's it, well done.
BABY CRIES
Welcome to the world, son.
BABY WAILS
My boy. Oh, bless him.
Do you know what?
It feels a bit surreal, doesn't it?
That's it, if you pop yourself down
and I'll keep him
so that he's facing Mum.
Come on, little boy.
Hello.
HE CHUCKLES
Hello.
Congratulations.
Well done. You done amazing.
Oh, my God, look at his big lips.
HE LAUGHS
They're really cute, the noises.
Congratulations!
It's so weird what I can see that
side to what I can see this side.
Weirdest experience ever.
I can feel everything, but nothing.
Mad. So small, ain't they?
You forget.
He's so lovely. Oh, thank you.
Well done. Thank you.
Another eight-hour shift
at the Princess Alexandra Hospital
has ended for Emma.
This job never gets boring for me.
And watching that moment when
someone's life changes forever,
it is my favourite thing
about doing this job,
is when I do get to see a birth.
That kind of blissful moment
of completeness.
It's just beautiful
and it literally melts
I could cry thinking about it.
Who's that? New baby.
Does he look like you?
Yeah.
Yeah? A little bit.
A little bit.
24 hours later,
Jodie and Ben have brought
their three-year-old son Hudson
to meet his new brother.
I'm going to see Jodie and Ben
and, I think, unnamed baby.
I haven't seen them yet this morning.
Er, and I thought, "I'll go in,
see if baby's got a name."
And they were like, "Take a cannula
out while you're there."
"What?"
Ooh.
SHE CHUCKLES
To become a fully qualified
maternity care assistant,
Emma must remove
the cannula unassisted.
Paige, that's all I need
for a cannula, isn't it?
Yeah. Thank you. That's all right.
Last time I tried to take
a cannula out, it got very stuck
and the blood had gone all crispy
around the entrance.
And then you worry that you pull it
off and it's just going to bleed.
But I have a feeling -
everything's been smooth with Jodie,
I think the removing of her cannula
is going to be smooth as well.
Fingers crossed.
SHE GASPS
Hi.
You all right? Is this your
little boy? Hudson, say hello.
Hi, Hudson. Hudson, look.
He's, like, "No, I've got
a baby to be dealing with."
Hey, Hudson
has your brother got a name yet?
Beadle.
What's the name? Beadle.
He calls him Beadle.
Beadle? That's a great name.
Has he got a name yet?
He calls everything Beadle.
THEY CHUCKLE
Have you decided? It's either Forest
or Sonny. Still can't decide? No.
How have you been?
Yeah, I feel really good.
Much better than last time when
I was with him. Much, much better.
Oh, my gosh, he's gorgeous.
They're very similar.
You are gorgeous!
BEN CHUCKLES
They're very similar.
So he's taken well to it?
Oh, he's Yeah.
Absolutely besotted.
I believe I can take
your cannula out. Yep.
Look. He's tiny.
He IS tiny.
Does it hurt, or is it all right?
It's all right.
Had one the other week
and I just couldn't get it off.
I felt like I was waxing
the poor woman.
And then My hand could do
with a wax. She'd, er
It had scabbed, a little bit of blood
had scabbed to the entrance
and I felt like if I pulled it out
Don't make me laugh. Oh, sorry.
I felt like I was going
to make it bleed again.
Pretty sure he's seen it before
anyway.
All better. See?
Ta-da. Mummy's waving.
All better now.
EMMA CHUCKLES
Yes! How does it look?
Looks great. Good. It's not bleeding.
All done.
Mummy's got free hands again.
HE BABBLES No, it won't.
I'll come and see you in a bit.
No worries. Thank you. Take care.
BEN CLEARS HIS THROA
They're such a cute little family.
Hudson is so cute with
that little baby as well.
He's just constantly there,
so gentle.
Stroking him and like,
rubbing his little head. Aww!
Jodie's as cool as a cucumber,
super calm.
Ben has just got this kind of look
of love in his eyes constantly.
It's so cute to see.
Next on Emma's rounds is a mum who's
just arrived on the antenatal ward.
Nice lunch?
Yeah, chicken, hummus.
Chicken, hummus? No frittatas?
I know you're partial to a frittata.
That's for breakfast.
Hi. Can we come and do your obs?
37-year-old magistrate court manager
and mother-of-two Erinoulla
will be induced today, accompanied
by her mother-in-law, Anne.
My daughter's 13, my son's ten.
There's a ten-year gap difference.
This was a shock.
THEY CHUCKLE
I come here after
a car accident in July.
Go through the MRI and then
to be told two months pregnant.
Oh, my gosh.
Scans also highlighted an issue
with the baby's foot.
A new challenge in life.
Have you heard of talipes?
No. It's a twisted foot.
It's My husband's got it,
my daughter's got it
and I've got it
with the third baby.
Really?
It's born with a twisted foot.
Talipes, also known as club foot,
is a condition where
the foot twists inwards.
It all depends how bad it is.
Mm-hm.
If it's that bad, then I'm gonna
leave it till three to four months
and then have it operated. Right.
But they don't know
until baby gets here?
That's correct. We need to know
how bad the twist of the foot is.
Erm, and then we just deal with it
from there. Hm.
Are you feeling all right
in yourself? I am, yeah.
Well, you're here and you're in
the right place, which is great.
If you need anything, buzz. I shall
shout. We will get it for you.
THEY CHUCKLE
It was nice to meet you both.
Thank you. I'll see you in a bit.
You hear about a club foot obviously,
but I've never seen it before.
But it's good to see everything,
I think. It's good to have a
I'm not very knowledgeable,
but it's nice to know a little bit
about a lot.
SHE CHUCKLES
My brain can't keep in
a lot about everything.
SHE LAUGHS
Or even a lot about some things.
Here comes another.
SHE INHALES
Deep breaths. Breath out.
Oh! Oh
Oh! Oh, God, it's coming!
Oooh
Two hours later, Erinoulla
is having regular contractions.
She's been joined by husband Wayne.
When I first met Erinoulla,
I thought,
"Yeah, she was very nice, pretty."
I thought, "I'll give it a go,
I've got nothing to lose"
and I asked her out for a meal and
cinema and ended up getting married.
And the rest is history.
Erinoulla is being cared for
by midwife Zoe.
Happy for me to examine?
Cold jelly, lots of pressure.
Tell me if you want me to stop, OK?
So, I'm touching now. Just relax
these legs, sweet. Well done.
For dad Wayne, the baby's club foot
is all too familiar.
I was born with talipes myself,
so we know about it.
My first daughter
also was born with talipes.
With that one, we didn't have it
operated on, we had it manipulated.
So, basically,
they put different plaster casts
trying to straighten it
just using plaster casts.
But with this little one,
I think my wife wants to have it
operated on straight away,
just to correct it earlier on.
You're about 3cm, OK?
It's much thinner
than it was before, your cervix.
So you're doing really well.
We're going to go over to labour
ward and you can have pain relief.
Normally we wait till the 4cm
before you go over.
Because you've had two babies,
it's likely this will progress
And the epidural's going in, yeah?
Well, we've got a few things to do
before that - cannula and bloods.
All right, quickly, quickly.
Erinoulla's last birth
may have been ten years ago,
but the couple remember it well.
It dragged on a very long time.
I think it was about 59 hours
in the end.
The plan for this birth, it will be
the epidural, yes, definitely.
She would, er, prefer that -
numb the pain completely.
Hopefully that will happen.
Epidurals are only administered
on a high-risk labour ward,
so Erinoulla
is being transferred over
under the care of senior midwife
Naghmeh.
The biggest baby I delivered,
normal vaginal birth,
was 11lb 11oz.
Intact perineum. That is big.
He needed a school uniform
when he came out.
THEY LAUGH
He was massive.
I feel Princess Alexandra
is the best labour ward
and hospital in the whole world.
I have got two children. I had them
in room two, both in room two.
I remember everything
and that is what you always think,
"What do the patients remember?"
It's very important to me
and it's just lovely.
I feel emotional,
I feel it's like my home in a way.
It's my second home, yeah,
because sometimes in the 24 hours,
I actually spend more time
on labour ward than I do at home.
Hi, my name is Naghmeh. I'm going to
look after you, darling.
ERINOULLA WINCES
That is your gas and air.
Would you lean back for me,
so I can have a feel of your tummy
and also put you on the monitor,
please, OK?
SHE SIGHS AND INHALES
Just bring your legs down for me,
please.
Oh, I need that injection!
Now, what I need to do, darling, if
you ARE going to have an epidural,
I need to examine you down below
to see how far you are.
How far were we earlier? Three.
You were 3cm dilated.
Let me examine you again
to see what we are doing
and then from there we can decide
what's the best thing.
SHE MOANS AND GROANS
Breathe through your mouth.
SHE INHALES And again.
SHE INHALES And again.
You're doing good. Well done.
Where am I? Where am I?
We're in the hospital.
It's the gas, darling.
You're in hospital on labour ward.
We're going to have a baby.
That's it. Lovely. Lovely.
Are we still going for the epidural?
Yeah, I'm just going to check you
here, darling
and then IF we can do it,
I will sort that out for you.
May I pop a couple of cold fingers
gently inside? Yeah.
I wish I was a bloke.
HE CHUCKLES
You don't want to be a bloke!
HE CHUCKLES
Right, you are 4cm dilated.
That's good.
Epidural can go in now, yeah?
SHE GIGGLES Right, now, listen.
Are you happy for me to break
your waters for you? Yes! Yes!
SHE MOANS Excellent.
Well done. Perfect.
SHE WAILS
Pop the gas in your mouth.
Pop it in your mouth.
Breathe it, breathe it.
Well done.
I wanna go home, Mum!
You can't go home.
As the baby passes down
the birth canal,
Naghmeh is struggling
to pick up the heart rate.
Got a bit of a loss of contact.
Don't worry.
I'm going to do an examination
down below
and pop a clip on the baby's head,
so we can get the baby's heart rate
directly from the baby's head.
Bring your legs up,
hold them there for me.
Both of your heels. Perfect.
SHE MOANS Oh, I can't!
Yeah, you can.
SHE GROANS
You're doing well.
I have to do it
because I need to know
what's happening with your baby.
Flap your legs open for me.
Gently coming through, my lovely.
I'm afraid you are about
9cm dilated, darling.
SHE WAILS AND MOANS
The baby will be here soon.
So I can't give you an epidural,
I'm afraid.
SHE GROANS
Come on, darling.
I can't do this!
You've done it.
You're almost there, darling.
I can't! The heartbeat's calming.
It's very a invasive procedure.
You can't have an epidural needle
in your back
and then you've got to
start pushing.
So you have to then make sure
the lady knows
why you can't put epidural in,
and it's very difficult for them to
actually understand what you mean,
because the pain is overwhelming.
SOBS: I can't do it without it.
I can't.
I can't do this! You can, darling,
you can. You ARE doing it.
There is no "can't".
You are doing it, my darling.
You are 9cm, it is not possible
for you to have an epidural,
because you're going to be pushing
when the needle is in your back.
And we can't do it. Go on.
Any minute now
you're going to be fully dilated.
We are going to have this baby.
SHE CRIES I wanna go home!
ERINOULLA MOANS
I know, darling.
Come on
I'm pushing, I'm pushing!
SHE MOANS AND STRAINS
Gas and breathe.
Breathe.
With only gas and air for the pain,
Erinoulla is about to give birth,
supported by midwife Naghmeh,
husband Wayne,
and mother-in-law Anne.
Breathe.
Breathe in, blow out.
Oh, I'm gonna push.
SHE MOANS AND STRAINS
SHE WAILS
Come on, darling, come on.
Breathe it. Your baby's going to be
here very soon, darling.
That's right.
Beautiful, well done, well done.
Breathe it. Breathe and blow it.
Good girl.
SHE MOANS Come on, darling.
You're doing well. You're doing well.
Breathe. Breathe. Nice and easy.
Breathe it.
Oh, I'm pushing.
That's fine. Give me a push.
SHE STRAINS
Get it out!
It's coming soon, darling. Legs up
for me. And this one as well.
Give me a push, darling. If you feel
you want to push, give me one.
I can't.
You can, darling. Come on, you can.
No, I can't.
Take a big breath in.
And push. Big breath in.
Put your chin on your chest
and blow it out.
Keep the air in.
Keep it in and push.
That's it, that's it.
Do me one more.
Do me one more, darling.
That's the one.
SHE EXHALES
Don't breathe out when you
I can't!
You have to, darling.
That's it. That's the one,
that's the one. Good girl.
Keep pushing.
Keep going, keep going. Breathe it.
SHE STRAINS
Your breathing is perfect.
SHE GASPS
Give me a push, darling.
Come on.
SHE STRAINS
He's nearly out. Come on. One more.
SHE GROANS Perfect!
Lovely.
After pushing for an hour,
the baby is born.
Here we go, darling. Mum, can I have
another two towels, please?
Oh, baby!
Ooh.
SHE BLOWS KISSES
BABY WAILS
There we go.
Good boy.
Oh.
How long you been doing this?
This job? Yeah.
39 years.
Oh!
Touch wood. A very long time.
Do you think I passed? I was
in good hands. Do you think so?
Yes. I hope so.
Is that what it looked to you?
Yes. Perfect.
Then I'm very, very happy.
There we are, perfect!
He's fine. Lovely.
All right.
BABY WAILS
Let's go, my lovely.
Hello, darling.
Naghmeh must check over the baby
and examine the extent of
the twist in his foot.
The rate of talipes in the UK
is one in a thousand.
I have probably delivered three or
four babies with congenital talipes.
When a family are already aware
that they have talipes,
my job is still there to explain,
to advise and to reassure them,
but nevertheless, you have to
give them a lot of moral support.
He's fine.
BABY CRIES
Just going to bring him
closer to you.
This is the club foot.
I am not going to be manipulating it
back and forth,
because it's not going to go.
So I don't want to give him
that pain and sufferance.
But all will be well.
There we go. He's fine.
Oh, sorry.
The next day, Emma is doing
her rounds on the postnatal ward.
How are you?
Not too bad, not too bad.
Yeah. Done.
You have a baby. Last time I saw you,
you didn't have one.
You all right if I do your obs?
Course you can. Thank you.
Baby Tyler is now 11 hours old.
So what happened?
BABY CRIES
All my plans went out the window.
SHE CHUCKLES
I went gas and air.
Yeah. Oh, did you?
Yeah, I did.
It was quite scary, actually.
I can't remember what happened
yesterday. It just went too quick.
I was 3cm, 4cm
and then went to 9 straight away.
EMMA GASPS
There was no time at all.
I had no choice
just to go gas and air.
My fear was Well, the pain,
obviously, you know?
Can I get through it?
Yeah.
I don't know
What time was he born?
He was born at 1.40 this morning.
And how is his foot?
I'll show you.
Does it hurt him?
I don't think No. You see? Yep.
That one you can see, it won't go.
Yeah.
Mm.
But, yeah, it's easily fixable.
Right. So we know what to do
with this one. Yeah.
All you want when you have a baby
is for it to be healthy and well
and, you know, for it to go into
the world with no issues.
Erm, and she knows exactly
how to deal with
the issue that her baby's
been born with, which must be
You know, when you don't know, it's
got to be terrifying and daunting
and nerve-racking,
but when you do, it's,
"OK, I know that I can fix this,
"I know I can conquer it.
I know everything will be OK."
Massive, massive relief.
Baby Tyler will be under the care
of the hospital's
paediatric department.
It may take several operations
to correct his foot.
Are you feeling all right now?
I am. I am.
Yeah. Good.
I'm ready to go home now.
Do you know when you're going?
Tonight, hopefully.
Well, he's gorgeous.
Aww. Congratulations.
Thank you ever so much, darling.
Women are superheroes, you know.
Wonder Woman was based
on a pregnant woman. I have no doubt.