Born in the Wild

2014 • Lifetime

4.5

11 reviews

TV-PG

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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Alaska: Remote and Unassisted

3/3/15

Peter and Audrey plan an outdoor birth in remote Alaska, close to home but 150 miles from the nearest hospital. The unique setting presents countless obstacles, but they're determined to see their vision through. Can they persevere and realize their dream of unassisted childbirth, outside in nature?

2 Utah: The Best Laid Plans

3/10/15

Lance and Linda are a typical American couple living in a tidy suburb in Utah. They have two daughters with a third on the way, and the due date is right around the corner. With a solid birth plan in hand, they head into the wild to experience an outdoor birth that will connect them with nature. Will they be able to roll with the punches and achieve their goal, or will their birth plan go out the window in favor of something more traditional

3 Arizona: Baby Makes Nine

3/17/15

Amy and Jeff are expecting a new baby boy, and they plan to deliver him in the great outdoors. This is going to be their ninth child, and they're bringing the whole brood along on the adventure. Will they be able to take the desert heat of Southern Arizona, or will the weather change their birth plan

4 Georgia: Labor Intensive

3/26/15

Phallin and Levi are excited to welcome their fifth child, a daughter, and she's due to arrive in the next week. The couple is planning to have this child outdoors, at an out-of-season blueberry farm in Georgia. Their birth plan includes a midwife and a doula, but can any team stick to their plan in the wild?

5 North Dakota: Snow Baby

4/9/15

Hailee and Evan prepare to have their baby outdoors in the dead of winter, just 60 miles south of the Canadian border. This time of year, temperatures can reach zero degrees or below, but they have a solid birthplan and are determined to make their dream of an outdoor birth a reality. But when a storm moves into the area, the stakes are ratcheted up.

6 Tennessee: Birthing Amish

4/16/15

Rebecca and David prepare for an outdoor birth in the midst of a winter cold snap in rural Tennessee. They grew up Amish and David is a capable craftsman. But when Rebecca goes into labor before they're ready, will they be able to scramble and adapt? Or will their dream of an outdoor birth end up beyond their reach?

About this show

For expecting mothers and fathers in their third trimester of pregnancy, things couldn't get much wilder...from the surprise mood swings to the false alarms to the crazy food cravings, learning to expect the unexpected becomes a way of life in the final days leading up to birth. But what happens when the craziest experience of a woman's life becomes truly wild, and soon-to-be parents decide to take on an unassisted birth in the outdoors? In this series, we'll seek to investigate the answer to this question by documenting the journey of young, expectant parents who have chosen to explore this option.

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4.5

11 reviews

kathleen smith

December 24, 2015

Awesome

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