Dr. Baby

The famed Dr. Shirokov returns to his hometown to take care of his sick father. Shirokov visits him in the hospital and runs in to his university friend - Louisa Filatova who had recently been promoted to Head of the Maternity Ward. She tells Roman that another of their university pals- Lev Kvitko, is also working at the hospital.

Lev Kvitko is not as enthusiastic about opening a Fertility Clinic as Roman. Nadezhda Stavitskaya has to deliver a dire diagnosis to patient Oganezova and suggest abortion. Roman doubts Nadezhda's competence but Bondarev defends her. Roman insists on inner womb surgery but Oganezova favors abortion as the fetus has a rare pathology.

The lead singer of the popular band "Diamonds" is admitted to the hospital with internal bleeding. The producer forces Angela into abortion to save her carrier. Shirokov pleads with her not to consent. Zabolotin agrees to forge documents in order to postpone the abortion. Savchuk refuses to back Roman as the producer has connections to some important people.

Shirokov is assigned an intern- Andrey Dibenko. A girl comes to Shirokov for an appointment and it is revealed that she is from the same town as the intern. The personnel are confused- she comes for her ultrasound with different "fathers". Roman finds out that in order to stay in town she went out with two men at the same time. The child is from one of them.

Roman is shocked by Bondarev because he suddenly breaks away from his usual polite behavior and yells at a patient almost giving her a hypertensive crisis. After talking to the woman he finds that she is obsessed with the idea of cloning her dead son. Shirokov explains that this is impossible. He suggests artificial insemination.

Dumansky tells Vitja that he is going to be promoted shortly. Lisa is jealous of Roman and Stavitskaya. Shirokov saves a woman in critical condition but she has a miscarriage. The patient writes a complaint to the attorney's office. The detective forbids Roman to practice surgery. Romans colleagues come to his defense. A month later another patient with the same diagnosis is brought into ER.

The fertility clinic gets a request from a wealthy man named Georgy Revchuk. His young wife does not want to give birth and they are looking for a surrogate. This seems like an opportunity for Tatyana Ohrimenko- her husband needs fast money to bay back a debt.

Lisa asks Roman to give his new patient every attention whose mother is a good friend of hers. Shirokov has an appointment with a 15 year old girl who insists that she became pregnant after being raped. Her mother abandoned the girl and left the country with her new husband. The Aunt, with whom the girl is living, demands she make an abortion. But it is too late.

A couple arrives from France- Lera and Jacque. The wife is Russian- she studied with Lisa, Lev and Roman. The husband is French. They are looking for a surrogate mother who would carry their child. They finally have a baby daughter. The couple disowns her in order to adopt her because that is the only way they can take her back to France where the practice of surrogate birth is forbidden.

A 37 year old woman comes to Shirokov. She has a loving husband but no children. The husband has a son from his first marriage. He is 18. A series of tests reveals that there is nothing physically wrong with her. The husband is also healthy and it is unclear why they can't conceive. The woman breaks down crying- she feels cursed. She is sure that her husband's ex-wife cursed her.

There is a young pretty woman at the reception of Doctor Shirokov. She is pregnant and therefore happy. But her husband does not want to let her go on the sea vacation with her girlfriend. Shirokov does not see this as a problem. Roman continues to inconspicuously pay special attention to Nadezhda. Lisa can't put it past her to deal with the relationship.

A 14-year-old girl comes to Shirokov. Shirokov diagnoses amenorrhea. He suspects a psychological nature of the disease. He decides to leave the girl in the hospital in order to reduce her stress. Through the window she sees her stepfather, a wealthy businessman, driving up to the hospital. But he didn't come to see his daughter. The reason for his visit is different.

Mar'jana Rubljova, a young wife of an architect, comes to Shirokov. But Shirokov is forced to disappoint them since her tests showed unsatisfying results. The woman has to stay in the hospital throughout her entire pregnancy. Fjodor Rubljov does not leave her side. Vita Igorevna is impressed by his attitude whereas Dumansky considers him a henpecked husband.

Mother of a young woman comes to Shirokov. Her daughter suffers under paralysis of the lower extremities caused by a spinal cord injury which she received in a car accident. Young woman is afraid that she can never have children. Mother is begging Shirokov to find the way out of this frustrating situation.

Shirokov treats a 30-year old woman who is infertile. The cause of infertility is her husband (Polikarpov), some time ago he insisted on an abortion, which did not go well. After some time another pregnant woman comes to an appointment to Shirokov. She is the new wife of Polikarpov. During the examination it turns out that Pokarpov is sterile.

Conflict between Roman and Bondaryov is increasing. One is jealous. Dumansky worsens the situation. A beautiful lady who seems familiar comes to and appointment to Shirokov. She is married to a man who is a widower. They live in a village together with his daughter. They want to have a child but something is wrong. It turns out that she was using drugs when she worked in an escort service.

Stavitskaja suspects a dangerous membrane tear by one of the Shirokovs patients. Roman suggests a test to Tonja. He wants to examine a possible leakage of amniotic fluids. The test is positive. Shirokov decides to artificially cause water breaking. Savchuk is against it as this is a risky experimental method. Roman discusses the procedure with a couple and they agree to it, signing consent.

Shirokov supervises a pregnancy of a woman who became pregnant with a great deal of difficulty, with the help of artificial insemination. But she has to go to prison for financial crimes of her boss for whom she used to work as an accountant. In order to save the child Shirokov arranges her stay in the hospital under the supervision of prison guards.

Stavitskaja tells Roman about her collaboration work with Bondaryov in Libya. A pregnant woman who was hit by a truck is delivered to the hospital. The driver brought her and claims that she threw herself in front of his car. Shirokov proves to the police that if Ruslan had waited for the ambulance the woman and her child would be dead. The driver donates blood in order to save the woman.

Helena, a 45-year old woman comes to Shirokov. She got married not a long time ago and has been pregnant for 16 weeks now. Her husbands' daughter is also pregnant and her husband Kostja is setting her against Helena. Kostja buys the wrong ultrasound results from a private clinic, which state that the child has Down syndrome.

A stout woman of 30 years comes to Shirokov. After finding out that she is a janitor Albert asks Shirokov to examine her, as it becomes clear for him that such patient will not be able to pay a bribe. Roman finds a bed in a hospital for her. The woman needs thorough examination. She is put in the same room with Olga who is a modern emancipated woman. Olga and Serkova get along very well.

A 30-year old teacher Aida Nesterenko requires a referral for abortion. Shirokov explains to her that first she needs to do some tests. Dumansky agreed on the abortion but Shirokov was able to stop the process in time as Aidas results showed absolute contraindications for abortion. Bondaryov proposes to Stavitskaja.

A newborn baby is found on the stairway. The police promised to deal with the fact, but meanwhile an absolutely healthy girl stays at Filatovas department. Dianas and Linas waters break at the same time. Complications emerge during Dianas delivery. The boy has a fractured collarbone as a result. Sofia gives birth to a weak little girl who will soon die of a multiple organ failure.

A 14-year old pregnant Karina is brought to Shirokov. The director of the "Raduga" orphanage does not leave her side. Karina left alone with Roman pleads to save her and her child. Meeting of a medical and social committee starts at the hospital. The committee found out that after another shoot Karina was sent into a mental hospital where she had a 3 months treatment with psychotropic drugs.