Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma experiences the training process on a maternity ward, working four shifts a week, to discover what makes it one of the toughest, but most rewarding careers possible.

• January 12, 12am
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Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

After 10 weeks, Emma's time as a Maternity Care Assistant comes to an emotional end. Katherine's hopes of a natural birth are dashed as she is rushed into theatre.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma receives bereavement training, one topic she has not been looking forward to. As she prepares for the training, veteran Maternity Care Assistant Val shares a story.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma meets second-time mum Lianne, who is expecting twins, but complications mean they might be delivered prematurely. Carly is kept waiting by her second baby.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma is on the labour ward, a consultant-led maternity unit for higher-risk mums-to-be. Forty-one-year-old Nicola and her husband Gavin are her first patients of the day.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma meets Michelle, who is 33 weeks pregnant with her second child and has been in and out of hospital for the past month, suffering with heavy bleeding.