Twice Born

This episode presents an intimate view of both Lilly’s plastic surgery procedure and Bobby and Shelly’s delivery of their baby girl, Luelle. Geneva and Reggie, a couple from North Carolina, visit the Children's Hospital to seek help for their unborn child who has developed a lower urinary tract obstruction.

Shelly and Bobby make the hospital their home when a placental abruption detaches the placenta from the wall of the uterus, creating concerns for mom and baby.

Lesly anxiously reunites with baby Lilly in intensive care after the plastic surgery procedure to reshape her mouth and face. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the private life of Dr. N. Scott Adzick, surgeon-in-chief of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the founder and director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.

Geneva and Reggie travel from North Carolina after their unborn child develops a life-threatening urinary tract obstruction.

Lilly, previously diagnosed with an aggressive tumor in utero that threatened her ability to breathe or eat, heads home from the hospital with her mom, Lesly. Then, she undergoes plastic surgery to reshape her face.

Doctors remove the remainder of Lilly’s tumor while couple Tina and Brion receive devastating news about their unborn twins. As Shelly and the baby undergo a procedure to repair the fetus’s spine, this episode offers a close-up look at surgery on a baby in the womb — the first time ever in a major television broadcast.

Through the unique access of the series’ camera crew, take a close-up look at this surgery on a baby in the womb. Watch as surgeons attempt to repair an opening in the baby’s spine caused by a condition known as spina bifida. Successful intervention at this point can lessen the nerve damage caused by the disease and improve the baby’s chances for a healthier, more functional life.

When their unborn twins are diagnosed with Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, Tina and Brion embark on an urgent visit to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, desperate to save their babies’ lives.

During the first episode, Dr. Holly Hedrick performs a rare EXIT procedure and attempts to remove a tumor from a fetus while it is still attached to her mother. Meanwhile, couple Bobby and Shelly anxiously wait to find out if they are candidates for fetal surgery to repair their baby’s spine.

After the EXIT procedure and a second surgery to debulk her tumor, baby Lilly still requires medical care and must remain at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for months. Watch what life is like for Lesly and other parents who cannot bring their babies home from the hospital immediately after birth.

Over the three-part series, experience several alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming stories from inside the world’s leading fetal surgery center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

This miniseries takes an intimate, inside look at the Special Delivery Unit at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where rare surgeries are performed on babies inside the womb. With exclusive access to the elite unit, experience rarely seen, real-time footage of operations on fetuses.