Special Delivery - Baby ER

Shakena is 5'2", diabetic, and nearly 300 pounds. 36 weeks into her pregnancy, she is admitted to the hospital with dangerously high blood pressure. When inducement doesn't work fast enough, doctors perform an emergency c-section to deliver Baby Demetrius.

Jacky, 37, is already mother to 3 healthy daughters - but her newborn son, Trey, is severely ill. Immature lungs, pneumonia, and an inability to digest food make him the sickest baby in the E.R.

17 year-old Monei is 35 weeks pregnant when she develops a fever from an infection in her amniotic fluid. Worried for her baby's safety, doctors decide they can't wait for test results and decide to induce labor. All seems well, but a dangerous drop in the body temperature sends Baby Ryan to the emergency room as doctors rush to determine the cause.

Diana's routine doctor visit lands her on the operating table for an emergency c-section after tests reveal her baby girl has stopped growing. Two-pound Baby Daira is taken to the emergency room to fight for her life.

Kristen is a first-time mom expecting triplets. Pre-term contractions have had her on bed rest for weeks, but tests reveal a condition that prompts an emergency c-section at 31 weeks. Delivery is a success, but immature lungs land babies Cole, Emily, and Gianna in the E.R.

Carrie is expecting her sixth child when she learns that, once again, she has gestational diabetes, a condition which caused her last pregnancy to end in tragedy. Doctors struggle to induce Carrie's labor, but after more than two days, the risk to the baby forces an emergency c-section. Baby girl Nevaeh is delivered, but when her blood sugar plummets, she is taken straight to the E.R.

Shantae is less than 30 weeks pregnant with twins when her water breaks for one of the babies. When the second water breaks, both babies and mother are at risk of dangerous infection. At 32 weeks, Shantae goes into labor, but concerns over one baby's life-threateningly low heart rate prompt an emergency c-section. Twin babies Delbert and Dakota are rushed to the E.R. immediately after delivery.

Carlita, severely stressed by the death of her baby's father just days earlier, goes into labor a full month before her due date. Tiny Baby Emani presents breathing problems almost immediately, quickly landing her in the E.R.. Although two doses are the norm, doctors are forced to administer a third dose of protective liquid to help her immature lungs develop.

Early tests show that teenage mom Keo'sha's unborn son suffers from gastroschisis, a condition where a portion of the intestine protrudes through a defect in the abdominal wall. The corrective procedure is normally routine, but doctors soon learn that Dash's exposed intestine is attached to his umbilical cord. Three surgeries and severe complications will keep Dash in the E.R. for some time.

Kate and her husband are anxious to add another child to their small family. Their joy is short-lived when they discover their baby suffers from omphalocele, a defect in the abdominal wall resulting in the baby's stomach, liver and other major organs developing in a membrane sack outside of its body.