While birthdays happen once a year, a BIRTH DAY happens once in a lifetime. This half-hour documentary-style reality drama chronicles the marvel of childbirth. BIRTH DAY tells the compelling true personal stories of expectant mothers and fathers from the first contractions through delivery. As the events leading up to the birth of a child unfold, the show dramatizes both the medical aspects and the emotion of life’s greatest miracle.
Whether we’re watching a natural home birth or an emergency c-section in a major metropolitan hospital, the series shares all the ups and downs of labor and delivery, while imparting useful information through the voices of parents, families, doctors, nurses and other caregivers.
From the miracle of modern science, to the simple wonder of nature, BIRTH DAY celebrates new lives.
>> Watch the BIRTH DAY marathon Saturday, July 12, starting at noon on Discovery Health.