One Born Every Minute - Terrifying or Terrific?

Heyyy my due date for my first is in April aswell. I was watching a bit of the show and its so informative but also so diverse and it does make me a lot less scared actually.

I think it can be really informative but also a bit dramatic. When I was on the labour ward with my first I barely heard anyone giving birth, on that show the screams are ridiculous 🤣

It's not necessarily a true representation because it's a TV show so any drama will be shown. I personally love the show but avoided watching whilst pregnant because it's too easy to become scared or worried about your own birth when you see a lot of the bad stuff in other people's. When you are worried/scared naturally your body will labour less effectively so I just chose not to watch and not fill my subconscious brain with it! X

I decided to not watch it to not freak out. First birth experience was good. Was following the same principle, not watching how thick the epidural needle is etc. 😅

Since finding out I’m pregnant I have binge watched one born every minute and I’ve already finished 😂 I watched 1 most nights, I loved it’s showed real situations and all very informative! Scary but it’s all real life xx

For the record it's nothing like one born every minute lol they seem to be in a birthing suite for the whole of their labours, they have gas and air, they get baths and seem to be able to do their latent labour in private. When in reality you're either at home or on a ward until you're literally about to pop. So no gas and air, no bath and no privacy.

One born every minute is a terrible representation of having a baby. I watched it during my first pregnancy, it was 0 help at all! After a huge birth trauma with my son, I spent the next 2 years researching about how a woman is actually capable of birthing and medicalised the industry is. I’m in no way against medical intervention but it’s pushed so much now and one born every minute seems to indorce it. I only saw 1 or 2 episodes where a woman really birthed in the way she’s capable. I’d recommend spending time researching and watching shows related to birthing naturally rather than a dramatic medicalised show. Also can’t recommend researching breastfeeding enough, because I don’t know one woman (myself included) who didn’t have a shock when it came to it. A lot thicker than it seems but if you know how you’ll do ace. Unfortunately the support system for infant feeding is rarely great so best to be ready yourself!

I watched it before my first was born and I was convinced that everyone screams 😂 when I went into labour I even apologised in case I screamed but in actual fact I didn’t at all. You need all the energy you can get and screaming wastes so much of it. I think one born every minute is a tad dramatic. Some women do scream but I sometimes think that’s because they feel like you have to x

I tried watching it but a lot of the dads annoy me so had to turn it off

I watched it before my first now pregnant with my 3rd baby

I'm watching midwives on youtube currently and it's really good

I have 3 and also pregnant around 7w. My last child I had with my boyfriend that used to watch with me Born very min and he said what happened in our baby birth was completely different from what we used to watch. It’s very informative but it’s quite to much. I had 3 already and I never screamed like the girls I see in the clip. Every one is different and you will be great. 😘😘