Synopsis
A couple speak frankly about losing their premature baby who only lived for an hour.
- Programme: The Midwives
- Series: 2
- Episode: 01: Expect the Unexpected
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Nursing & Midwifery | The Role of the Midwife during Labour and Birth
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