About this season
Follow Emma Willis as she trains for three months at Harlow's Princess Alexandra Hospital in the busy maternity ward as a Maternity Care Assistant. She'll be working four shifts a week: day and night; alongside the midwifery team helping to deliver babies, discovering first-hand what makes it one of the toughest, but most rewarding careers you can have.
Episodes (4)
1. Episode 1
Aired 15 February 2021
Emma meets Takkies, who recently moved to the UK and is finding pregnancy in lockdown difficult away from her family. In East Sussex, Jay races to be at the birth of his baby.
2. Episode 2
Aired 22 February 2021
Emma Willis meets Emma and Jamie, with second time mum Emma hoping to avoid giving birth in theatre. Rebecca and Neville are expecting their first child and it's not without complications.
3. Episode 3
Aired 1 March 2021
Emma meets Tamira and Chris who are expecting their third child, and Heidi and Ben who are expecting twins, with the pregnancy deemed high risk.
4. Episode 4
Aired 8 March 2021
Emma meets Sammy and Damian, who are hoping to have a water birth and Emma and Simon, who have been shielding during lockdown.