live birth

[twinmummy]

Just seen the advert early on tonight.

Channel 5 is showing a live birth programme on Sunday night.

http://www.five.tv/aboutfive/press/pressreleases/20060915_birth_night/

Looking forward to watching.

The women who give birth to Identical quads early this year is on it.

rosie x

[weaselgirl]

I love programmes like this. I told DH last night that we would be watching this on sunday evening.To say he wasnt impressed is an understatement.

[Whassat]

cool. must make sure you remind us to watch this..

The programme also features footage of a new caesarean technique, known as the natural caesarean, where eminent Professor Nick Fisk reproduces the conditions of natural birth through the caesarean section

Prof Fisk was the man who done the procedure on my dd's pregnancy..(not the above procedure, might i add - just to avoid confusion)..
but the above certainly sounds intersting)

[wkdfraggle]

Thanks for the heads up! This will be fab for my course - and interesting for me as i love real life programmes like this! Have just informed OH and said i have to watch it for my course - told him i dont expect him to be present!:D
He asked who was making the popcorn :rolleyes:

Simone
xxx

[hector]

my hubby saw the ad on telly last nite and sad i surpose your watching that think hes trying to say something i'd like to but hes a little fragile at the mo so i wont

[Whassat]

my hubby saw the ad on telly last nite and sad i surpose your watching that think hes trying to say something i'd like to but hes a little fragile at the mo so i wont

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[xmisscx]

bit too fresh in my mind still - def wont be watching lol

[runragged]

grrrr, I'm at work, so can't watch. Would've been interested in that, too. :ac39:

[MrsH]

Awww sounds like a fab programme , usually love real life stuff but not so kean on watching birth stories, after such crap deliveries it really upsets me seeing people giving birth, brings back all the trauma cryingsmil

[Bunny]

I'll have to remember to watch that, make sure i still want to carry on ttc

[lindy]

Il watch it but i spend my days watching discovery health birth programmes (im not scared ,im not scared, im not scared):unsure: not sure its really wise to be watching it when your about to do it but ah well!

[trog]

I'll be watching (if I can stay up long enough) but I'd be very interested to see if they can actually get a live birth on a 2 hour slot. That's some seriously well-trained baby...

[Whassat]

oh thanks for the reminder...just goona put a reminder on the tele. x

[lindy]

it will be extended to 4 hours apparently if neccasary...

Channel Five is to show a woman giving birth live on air for the first time.

Birth Night Live, from the company behind Big Brother, will follow up to 18 expectant mothers in labour.

It is hoped that at least one will manage to produce a baby within the two-hour TV special next Sunday evening to "celebrate the miracle of childbirth", the producers said.

If not, the show, which starts at 8pm, could be extended for up to another two hours.

Midwives and parents' charities criticised TV company Endemol for turning the intimacy of childbirth into a spectacle for ratings.

A camera crew in the delivery room could cause unnecessary stress and lead to disastrous complications, they said.

The expectant mothers have already agreed to be filmed giving birth naturally, without any pain relief. The show will also feature a live elective caesarean section. This, of course, will involve pain relief.

The Royal College of Midwives is considering lodging a formal complaint about the programme before it is broadcast. But Ofcom, the broadcasting watchdog, would not be able to deal with this until the programme has been transmitted.

The show will be filmed at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. The hospital confirmed it had been paid but refused to disclose the amount.

A senior member of staff at Queen's said: "Some of us have very big reservations about this. If they really want to show the wonder of birth, why don't they film it and then transmit it once they know everything has gone well and mother and baby are fine?

"Childbirth isn't always that simple and things can go wrong. Imagine if there was some disastrous complication, live on TV, where perhaps the mother or the baby was in serious danger.

"A TV crew in the room won't help, and the truth is that staff do react in a different way if a camera's there.

"I can't believe the hospital has actually agreed to do this."

Dr Margaret Ramsay, who will perform the caesarean, said the show had an educational role.

'We will film as much as possible'

"The woman concerned is my patient, and is having the operation for a very good clinical reason," she said. If any complications arose she would simply utter a key phrase to the film crew who would know to leave the room, she said.

"We'll take great care to maintain the patient's dignity and I hope it will take away some of the myths surrounding birth."

Birth Night Live, to be hosted by sports presenter Gabby Logan, will also explore the latest techniques for saving babies while they are still in the womb.

Janet Fyle, the Royal College of Midwives' educational adviser, insisted that birth was "not a spectator sport".

"Women are at their most vulnerable when they give birth. It's a very intimate and intense time for the family and having strangers there could really increase the stress levels.

"They may have given their consent... but what if they change their mind halfway through? We cannot support this."

The National Childbirth Trust has also raised concerns. "There is absolutely no need to film this live, other than pushing up the TV ratings of course," said chairman Belinda Phipps.

Channel Five and Endemol insisted that all precautions had been taken.

Executive producer Elaine Hackett said: "We will film as much as possible and we will certainly show the mother and her baby coming out of her.

"Our teams are very experienced and they know if there was the slightest problem, they would stop filming immediately."

A Five spokesman said none of the mothers would be induced so there was no guarantee a baby would be born naturally on the show.

"We have always said that this is an attempt to show a live natural birth," she said.

"It's quite a busy maternity ward anyway so we expect something to happen but, of course, we can't guarantee you will see something from start to finish


so there may not even be a birth on it,i am thinking its going to be a long night,il have my supplies at the ready!!

[Whassat]

The programme also features footage of a new caesarean technique, known as the natural caesarean, where eminent Professor Nick Fisk reproduces the conditions of natural birth through the caesarean section



thanks for the info Lindy..
im interested see what this is all about..

[Girlzmum]

Will be interesting to see if they stick to the no pain relief rule - I always thought it was a nice idea to get through it without drugs but have an open mind about the pain. What will they do if a mum says 'Epidural - NOW', are they going to refuse her?

[TopKat]

They got two babies in the end, so that was good and very interesting.

[Ellie]

I'm so sorry if I offend any of you but I really think this was not done for educational purposes, just for the sheer "lets jump on the reality tv bandwaggon" hell of it.
I just feel really strongly that however this turned out, it was wrong

[Apri]

I didn't watch it - just wondered if there was a live birth?
Oops - please ignore this posting - lol