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Featuring the midwives of Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, who help mums and dads through high risk pregnancies or cases where mums and their babies need extra special care.

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Baby born with exomphalus | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 3'26''

A baby is born with exomphalos where some of the baby's internal organs have developed outside the body.

Baby has exomphalus removed | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'28''

A baby has some of her internal organs outside the body so doctors have to perform surgery to place them back into her abdomen.

Diabetes and exomphalus | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 4'01''

A baby has developed an exomphalos where some of the baby's internal organs have developed outside the body.

Dwarfism and pregnancy | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'21''

Mum-to-be Sophie has short-limb dwarfism and there is a 50/50 chance that Sophie's baby may inherit the condition.

Mother finds out her child will have achondroplasia | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'36''

Mum-to-be Sophie finds out her baby will inherit her common type of dwarfism called achondroplasia.

Woman gives birth with pacemaker | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'40''

A mum who wants a natural birth has to be strictly monitored due to having a pacemaker fitted.

Woman has pacemaker fitted to help with pregnancy | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 4'18''

A woman with a complex congenital heart condition decides to get a pacemaker put in to increase her chances ...

Woman with heart defect is offered termination | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 3'45''

After becoming pregnant, a mother was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart condition putting both mum and ...

S2E4: A Baby at Any Cost | The Midwives

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