23 Week Babies: The Price of Life
Season 2011Episode 272Season 2011Episode 274

E273 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life

BBC Documentaries / Season 2011 / Episode 273

09 Mar, 2011 · 1h

 
Season 2011Episode 272Season 2011Episode 274

E273 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life

BBC Documentaries / Season 2011 / Episode 273

09 Mar, 2011 · 1h

 

Babies born four months early -in the 23rd week of pregnancy- exist on the very edge of life. A few go on to become the 'miracle babies' of glossy magazines, but most die. Award-winning director Adam Wishart has unprecedented access to the babies born in such extreme prematurity on a Birmingham neonatal unit, and asks the difficult question: is it always right to keep them alive?

Babies born four months early -in the 23rd week of pregnancy- exist on the very edge of life. A few go on to become the 'miracle babies' of glossy magazines, but most die. Award-winning director Adam Wishart has unprecedented access to the babies born in such extreme prematurity on a Birmingham neonatal unit, and asks the difficult question: is it always right to keep them alive?
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