One Born Every Minute returns to Channel 4 tonight for the fifth episode of it’s current season and this evening’s instalment sees the return of a familiar face.
Midwife Linda Abbott is back in Leeds General, after retiring only twelve months ago.
The seasoned practitioner realised that she wasn’t ready to put the world of work and child bearing behind her and it was lucky she did, as the staff and patients at the hospital certainly missed her presence.
She describes herself as an ‘old bird’ her years of experience are just whats needed, especially in two of tonight’s cases.
The episode focuses on two fathers with very different bedside manners and approaches to their partners and expanding families.
Joel could not be more attentive to his wife Rachel and is keen that it is just him and her alone when their baby is delivered.. Rachel and Joel’s lost their first son after he was born prematurely and died less than four weeks later. They are anxious about their next child and this anxiety builds during their stay in the hospital.
On the other hand father to be Chris isn’t very prepared for his imminent arrival and admits that he has no clue about what is expected from him in the labour ward. His partner Hayley is expecting her first song to Chris, but already has two other children so she’s an old hand at child bearing. He’s worried because he hasn’t had the best experiences of hospitals so far, after becoming involved in a serious road traffic accident years ago. Unfortunately his attempts to use humour to deal with his nerves don’t always go down well in the delivery room…
One Born Every Minute, tonight, 9PM, Channel 4
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