Έχοντας φέρει στον κόσμο μια νέα ζωή και αντιμέτωπη με μια διαφορετική πραγματικότητα, η πρωταγωνίστρια κάνει πρωτόγνωρες σκέψεις: Άλλαξε τη ζωή μου εντελώς, με στρίμωξε στη γωνία, με ώθησε πέρα από τα όρια. Με δίδαξε την αυταπάρνηση, την ευαισθησία και τη θυσία στις πιο ακραίες μορφές της. Γιατί δεν μου το είπε ποτέ η μητέρα μου; Γιατί κανείς δεν το ανέφερε ποτέ;… Σκέψεις από το κωμικοτραγικό ημερολόγιο μιας νεαρής γυναίκας, που γίνεται μητέρα.
Η Κλαιρ είναι μια χαρισματική μαία, με φυσικό ταλέντο και το πιο απαλό άγγιγμα. Οι μέθοδοι της όμως έρχονται σε αντίθεση με τη μοντέρνα ιατρική. Όντας πιο κοντά στο τέλος της καριέρας της πλέον παρά στην αρχή, αρχίζει να αμφισβητεί τη θέση και τις ικανότητες της. Μια μέρα δέχεται ένα περίεργο τηλεφώνημα, μια φωνή από το παρελθόν. Η Μπεατρίς, η επιπόλαιη και πάντα υπερβολική ερωμένη του πατέρα της έχει κάποια νέα και την πιέζει να βρεθούν, 30 χρόνια μετά το θάνατο του. Αντίθετες με κάθε τρόπο, η συνεσταλμένη Κλαιρ και η απενοχοποιημένη Μπεατρίς θα μάθουν να δέχονται η μία την άλλη και θα επανορθώσουν για τα χαμένα χρόνια.
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.
Hospital drama set in London during the early 1960s, following the staff of a busy gynecology ward at a time when abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only just becoming available to married women.
Inconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders along with their new partner. The staff includes an attorney, a nurse, office manager and a medical technician. The series was created by Oliver Goldstick and Marco Pennette. Goldstick and Pennette also serve as executive producers as do Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The show was a Touchstone Television and Tollin/Robbins production. It was one of the few shows produced by the former not to air on ABC in recent years. Only two episodes aired before the series was canceled.
Matthew decides to leave his job and train to become a male midwife on a busy maternity ward. He is soon joined by best friend and former policeman friend Ian who joins as the hospital security guard.
Isabella Rossellini is convinced that, in the maternal animal world, anything goes. 'Mammas,' a series of short videos, has Rossellini playing the role of nine different animals to show the viewer that some mothers lie, are polygamous, and walk out on their animal children all the time.
There is no bigger moment in a person’s life than when they first hold their baby in their arms. It doesn’t matter how many guidebooks you’ve read, or antenatal classes you’ve attended - nobody is ever prepared for the total shock of new parenthood. This warm and insightful new series follows the lives of eight babies in those first six months of their lives and the impact on their parents’ lives and relationships. Our families are drawn from a range of backgrounds – from young first-time parents of triplets, to seasoned pros, a single-parent family to a modern-day ‘earth mother’. We will follow each of our families on the rollercoaster ride of their lives.
