One Born Every Minute - will you be watching?

[MarathonMama]

I know it's slightly sad strange to admit but I love One Born Every Minute and can't wait for the new series to start tomorrow.

I'll be watching even though I'm 30 weeks pregnant and it's bound to put the fear of god into me, will you?

Yes, yes, and yes again.

Series 1 was on during and just after my pregnancy with DD.

I am now 26w with DC2 and am that it is on again.

I've already been shouting 'GET HER OFF THE BLOODY BED' and that's just at the trailers.

Oooh - thanks for telling me.

I'll be glued to the sofa. It's a great series.

Psychologically, I think it's a good opportunity to 'run through scenarios' to feel more prepared.

Fliss did you watch the US series? Talk of spending too much time on your back, the ladies over there seem to go into hospital for a nice little lie down.

Yes can't wait!

am already panicking, but will watch from behind pillow !!!!

Ooh I'm glad I looked at this - I LOVE this program and will definately be watching tomorrow [sets reminder]

I loved the last 2 series - despite thinking I didn't want children at all - I loved the human emotion and I quite enjoyed thinking to myself 'at least I never have to go through that'. This series will be interesting as I've had a bit of an about turn on the wanting a baby front so now I'll be thinking 'I might have to do that one day...'

MarathonMama No, I didn't watch the US one. I try to watch as few US birth shows as possible, because they're so far removed from the system we have here as to be almost useless. A 'natural' birth there seems to consist of a pitocin drip to keep things going and an epidural pretty much as standard, whilst the mother lies on the bed immobile surrounded by everyone she's ever met, and then the OBGYN comes in to tell her when and how to push whilst the mother's legs are in stirrups and the doctors wear a huge face shield. I had a very medicalised birth in the end and even still, it seemed to be more natural than one you'd see on a US show!

I love it but, at 40 weeks pg I'll give the first one or three a miss until this one appears. I don't think I could handle it!

Hi Marathhon ! I'll be watching, despite being 22 weeks and seemingly more anxious about giving birth this time around than with my DD!
And, I will definitely have a box of tissues at the ready - even seeing G4 (from Xfactor maybe?) singing 'when a child is born' on MTV turned me into a sniffling mess!

I think I'll watch, even though I'll be greeting away.

I'm 24wks with DC2 and the last series had me blubbing too. Especially any CS ones as DS was born by unplanned CS.

Not decided yet - really want to but at 38+2 I'm not sure if it's wise!

The producers of that show really got on my nerves when I was pg, sending me letters and even ambushing me before a MW appointment trying to get me to be on it! Not on your nelly!!! That said I love the programme and found the last couple of series really funny and moving. I have to salute the women who are brave enough to let themselves be so vulnerable on film!

I loved the first one, I was pg with DD and I was fascinated by it, the 2nd series I had a small baby and wasn't so into it, maybe because I had been through the labour or maybe I was just too busy with DD, so I'm interested to see what I make of this one - if it makes me broody I'm turning it off

It would be interesting to know on an average labour ward how many are 'tv worthy' births and how many are quite dull like mine!

yay I'll deff be watching! I'm 23 + 3 with my first. Havnt seen any of the other series but these days I'll watch anything & everything that has a baby in it

Cailin do they pay you to do it? I can't imagine anything worse than being legs akimbo, fanjo splayed on tv whilst my ex watches at home with a bowl of Doritos commenting to his new DP how I didn't look like that the last time he saw me...

MissG hello stranger! Can't believe you're 22 weeks, hope it's going well? 30 weeks here, the time is flying by so much faster than it did with dd.

They didn't mention any payment to me. I bit the producer's head off in the waiting room for the MW - I would have gone further if the MW hadn't called me in saved her from my wrath!

Oh, I didn't know this was returning! I loved watching it before, even though babies weren't on my horizon, and I think I'll still be happy to watch it now at 19 weeks pg (and onward!). I've always felt that the inspiring things outweigh the scary. In fact, it probably made me more keen to consider having a baby, though I reserve the right to eat my words .

You paint a lovely vision, MarathonMama .

kdiddy - Not decided yet - really want to but at 38+2 I'm not sure if it's wise!

Ditto! 38w today and I'm already reasonably terrified about giving birth - I can't decide whether watching this would reassure me that women do get through this and so will I, or whether it will just scare the shit out of me!

In all the US shows, the job of the man seems to be to demonstrate his ability to count to ten.
As I have no experience of giving birth, I am wondering if this happens over here. I can't remember if it happens on the UK shows but I don't think so.
If my boyfriend starts counting to ten repeatedly I will probably twat him one round the head or something. It strikes me as something that would be very annoying. Does it happen in real life over here?

I'll be watching it as I did the previous ones, the only thing that really bothers me is the fact that nothing is ever mentioned about the placenta, all you see is a cute little baby at the end! In my tiny ignorant mind I never thought of it up until I got pregnant myself and started reading about it in books and here (thanks ladies :))
About the American one, I really didn't like it especially when the midwives say things like "you wouldn't pull out a tooth without anaesthetics, why would you give birth without an epidural?". That just annoys the crap out of me, also the whole procedure reminds me of that Monty Python sketch about birth far too much.

I watched some of the earlier series and loved it...but whilst I'm mentally prepared for seeing women giving birth and in pain, it's much more upsetting when there are complications with the babies and I'm not sure I could take it now I'm 25 wks!. I watched a documentary about Great Ormond St once and was in floods of tears seeing children who were ill.

A friend of mine who gave birth recently refused to watch it but her DH became hooked and had to watch it by himself...I'm sure it helped him get a better idea of what would actually be happening.

I will. Same as Fliss I watched the first series while pregnant with DD. Watching after giving birth was quite different to watching before having given birth. Love the series though, it was (and still is) the most realistic account of childbirth I'd seen on TV or film.