Emergency C-Section After 6 Days of Labor

Emma Willis follows expectant parents facing pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 lockdown. A routine hospital check takes an alarming turn when doctors rush Heidi into an emergency C-section with identical twins. Meanwhile, Tamara gives birth while her partner waits outside, and Alicia’s home water birth develops a dangerous complication. Experience the emotional reality of lockdown babies, high-risk pregnancies and giving birth during a pandemic.

In this episode of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies in 2020, expectant parents prepare to give birth during the unprecedented COVID-19 lockdown. With partners separated, hospital restrictions in place and maternity wards transformed by the pandemic, giving birth has never looked quite like this. Emma follows three families through dramatic labours, emergency C-sections, frightening complications and the emotional arrival of their lockdown babies. Discover what it was really like to give birth inside Britain’s maternity wards during the COVID pandemic.

In this episode of GPs: Behind Closed Doors, doctors race to help a woman with a serious heart condition after she struggles to breathe and her oxygen levels begin to fall. As her condition worsens, an emergency ambulance is called and the medical team must act quickly to get her safely to hospital. Follow the high-pressure decisions made by frontline GPs as they diagnose, treat and reassure patients facing potentially life-threatening health scares. See the reality of modern general practice as every decision could make all the difference.

Emma Willis reaches the end of her 10-week placement at Watford General Hospital. She successfully runs her first antenatal clinic alone, supports families through a water birth and planned caesarean, and follows an emotional surrogacy journey as two fathers finally meet their baby boy. The episode ends with Emma qualifying as a maternity support worker and saying a heartfelt goodbye to the hospital team.

A&E doctors treat a woman injured in a terrifying head-on car crash while she anxiously awaits news about her husband. An 83-year-old woman arrives with a dangerously slow heart rate and urgently needs treatment before receiving a pacemaker. A remarkable 106-year-old patient suffers a broken hip after a fall, while a teenager discovers he fractured his toe playing football.

Step inside a busy NHS A&E as emergency nurses fight to restart a patient’s heart after 50 minutes of CPR. Follow real-life resus cases involving seizures, coughing up blood, severe asthma and suspected sepsis. See the pressure, teamwork and heart-breaking decisions faced by doctors and nurses on the hospital front line.