STATUS: previously in development (2011-2012 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE: ordered to series
DESCRIPTION: (from TLC's press release, April 2011) Painful screams and tears of joy are a common occurrence at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Maternity Ward in Nashville, Tennessee. Every day, around the clock, women arrive for the most challenging and overwhelming experience of their lives - childbirth. Whether it's an unmedicated natural delivery or an emergency C-section, each experience is dramatic and unique, and rarely goes according to plan. Told from the mother's point of view, emotions unfold with every heartbeat as this life-changing event is documented. No matter what happens, the excitement and joy of the staff and patients come together in a perfect drama where every moment is indeed a miracle. (Q2, 2011)
