Birth - TV Shows
TV shows that depict labor and birth
Grey's Anatomy
2019
Season 15 Episode 25
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Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) goes into labor during a city wide fog even and nearly doesn't make it to the hospital on time.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes at home and in a car with a hospital birth scene.
New Amsterdam
2019
Season 1 Episode 22
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Georgia (Lisa O'Hare) begins bleeding that leads to a traumatic delivery.
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What is shown onscreen? A very bloody home c-section that delivers a healthy baby girl
Arrow
2019
Season 7 Episode 16
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Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) gives birth to a daughter with Oliver by her side
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What is shown onscreen? A walk into the cabin where Felicity is in labor and gives birth with the help of a midwife. No birth is shown.
When Calls the Heart
2018
Season 6 Episode 0
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Elizabeth (Erin Krakow) goes into labor during a snowstorm
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What is shown onscreen? Labor while they hike through the snow to find a place suitable for birth. The birth happens off screen.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 1 Episode 1
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Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) gives birth to a daughter they must hide from those attempting to take her
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth in the castle. Mother and father are separated from the baby immediately.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 3 Episode 1
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Emma (Jennifer Morrison) goes gives birth while in prison
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What is shown onscreen? Birth scene in a hospital setting where she refuses to look at the baby.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 6 Episode 9
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Belle (Emilie De Ravin) goes into labor after eating tainted onion rings that accelerates her pregnancy.
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What is shown onscreen? A birth scene intertwined with an imaginative scene of her speaking to her adult son.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 3 Episode 20
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Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) goes into labor while on the run from Zelena that intends to take the baby.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth scene in a hospital setting. The baby does get taken.
Station 19
2018-
Season 1 Episode 2
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Ava(Emma Loewen) goes into labor in her middle school bathroom.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes with complications that arise due to hiding it from her mother.
12 Monkeys
2015 - 2018
Season 3 Episode 1
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Cassie (Amanda Schull) goes into labor while being held captive because they believe she will give birth to The Witness.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes in a bathtub that lead to a birth scene that occurs off screen.
The Crown
2018 -
Season 2 Episode 7 & 10
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​ Queen Elizabeth (Claire Foy) gives birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes in a bathtub that lead to a birth scene that occurs off screen.
In the Dark
2017
Episode 4
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D.I. Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring) goes into labor while on a case.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes and giving birth in a hospital setting.
Grimm
2011 - 2017
Season 3 Episode 14 & Season 5 Episode 1
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Adalind (Claire Coffee) gives birth on two different occasions
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What is shown onscreen? The first is a home birth and the second ends up as a c-section when the baby begins to encounter trouble.
Bones
2005 - 2017
Season 7 Episode 7
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Temperance (Emily Deschanel) goes into labor while in a prison
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What is shown onscreen? Unable to make it to the hospital in time, Bones gives birth in a barn.
Grimm
2011 - 2017
Season 6 Episode 8
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Rosalee (Brie Turner) goes into labor in the middle of the night after having an accelerated pregnancy.
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What is shown onscreen? Precipitous labor for multiple babies that are born at home. This is a nightmare and doesn't actually happen.
Bones
2005 - 2017
Season 8 Episode 10
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Daisy (Carla Gallo) goes into labor at the lab
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in a hospital setting. It began as a natural birth but evolves into the usual.
Grimm
2011 - 2017
Season 2 Episode 19
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Jocelyn (Erin Way) gives birth to a rare baby.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes and a home birth scene. The child is of a special lineage.
Saving Hope
2012 - 2017
Season 4 Episode 18
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Alex (Erica Durance) goes into labor while undergoing her boards.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes and giving birth in an ambulance with complications.
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 -
Season 1 Episode 2
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Janine (Madeline Brewer) gives birth, while other women mimic a birth in the same room.
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What is shown onscreen? A home birth while sitting on a birthing chair and surrounded by other women. The baby is taken immediately afterwards.
Reign
2013 - 2017
Season 4 Episode 15
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Mary Stuart (Adelaide Kane) goes into labor and nearly dies
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a complicated birth scene set in the Elizabethan era.
Containment
2016
Season 1 Episode 10
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Teresa (Hannah Mangan Lawrence) gives birth in containment to prevent being infected by a deadly virus
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in an office.
This is Us
2016 -
Season 1 Episode 1
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Rebecca (Mandy Moore) goes into labor with triplets
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in a hospital setting including complications.
Victoria
2016 -
Season 1 Episode 8 / Season 2 Episode 4
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Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) goes into labor and gives birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes and home births set in the 1800s.
This is Us
2016 -
Season 3 Episode 15
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Kate (Chrissy Metz) goes into early labor
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What is shown onscreen? Early labor pains that lead to a hospital stay and an emergency c-section.
This is Us
2016 -
Season 2 Episode 17
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Multiple characters give birth in a montage
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What is shown onscreen? 4 birth scenes that are intertwined in some way.
House of Lies
2012 - 2016
Season 4 Episode 12
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Jeannie (Kristen Bell) gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes. The birth occurs offscreen
Resurrection
2014 - 2015
Season 2 Episode 12 & 13
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Rachel (Kathleen Munroe) goes into labor while being surrounded by those who wish to do the child harm.
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What is shown onscreen? Rachel going through the different stages of labor and the events surrounding them. There is no birth scene.
Hart of Dixie
2011 - 2015
Season 4 Episode 10
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Zoe (Rachel Bilson) goes into labor at a party.
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What is shown onscreen? Zoe's water breaks and sends her to the hospital where she gets married on the way to the birth. No birth scene is shown.
Superstore
2015 -
Season 1 Episode 10
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Cheyenne (Nichole Bloom) goes into labor while at work
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and what seems like a birth scene but it turns out to be false. It later occurs offscreen but while she is still on shift.
Jane the Virgin
2014
Season 4 Episode 3
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Darci (Justina Machado) goes into labor at home.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a home birth in a birthing pool.
Breaking Bad
2008-2014
Season 2 Episode 11
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Skyler (Anna Gunn) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes. No birth is shown.
Vikings
2013 -
Season 2 Episode 8 / Season 3 Episode 6 / Season 4 Episode 9
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Queen Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland), Borunn (Gaia Weiss), Judith (Jennie Jacques) give birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes set in the Viking era. Most births are complicated.
Game of Thrones
2011 - 2019
Season 4 Episode 3
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Melisandre (Carice Van Houten) gives birth in the traditional sense to a shadow demon
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What is shown onscreen? Nude birth scene thats a bit unusual. as the "baby" is a shadow demon
The Tudors
2007 - 2010
Season 1 Episode 2
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Lady Elizabeth (Ruta Gedmintas) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a quick birth set in the 16th century.
ER
1994 - 2009
Season 6 Episode 8
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Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) goes into labor on the El
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What is shown onscreen? Twin delivery in a hospital setting. One birth ends up being a c-section after complications.
ER
1994 - 2009
Season 7 Episode 19
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Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston) goes into labor.
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What is shown onscreen? False labor moments and the true thing. The birth happens off-screen.
Stargate Atlantis
2004 - 2009
Season 5 Episode 1
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Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) goes into labor in captivity but is found by her ships crew before giving birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Teyla having contractions and the baby being delivered by a friend that is very unprepared for the task.
Heartland
2007 -
Season 4 Episode 19
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Lou (Michelle Morgan) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and an unexpected home birth with teenagers who arent sure what to do.
Alias
2001 - 2006
Season 5 Episode 11
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Sydney (Jennifer Garner) goes into labor on a mission
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth while in hiding. Her parents deliver the baby.
Six Feet Under
2001 - 2005
Season 5 Episode 12
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Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) goes into premature labor
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What is shown onscreen? Birth in a hospital setting. The baby has difficulty breathing.
Grey's Anatomy
2005 -
Season 12, Episode 24
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April (Sarah Drew) goes into labor and cant make it to the hospital in time.​
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a c-section in a home setting. Blood is shown.
Thanks to Lizabeth for this suggestion!
Grey's Anatomy
2005 -
Season 9 Episode 24
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Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) goes into labor after falling on her stomach.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor that leads to an emergency c-section during a storm.
Thanks to Lizabeth for this suggestion!
Grey's Anatomy
2005 -
Season 10, Episode 17
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Christina Yang (Sandra Oh) gives birth to a baby in an alternate timeline​
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What is shown onscreen? Labor birth in a hospital setting.
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Friends
1994 - 2004
Season 1 Episode 23
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Carol (Jane Signet) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Carol goes into labor but Ross ends up locked in a closet when she gives birth in the hospital.
Friends
1994 - 2004
Season 8 Episode 24 & 24
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Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) gives birth after a long labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth in a hospital setting.
NCIS
2003 -
Season 15 Episode 9/ Season 9 Episode 11
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Emma (Erin Cottrell) and Delilah (Margo Harshman) go into labor and give birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Emma gives birth in a car while in hiding while Delilah has a hospital birth of twins.
X-Files
1993 - 2002, 2018
Season 8 Episode 21​
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Scully (Gillian Anderson) goes into labor while on the run from those that wish to take her son.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a home birth scene in which multiple people watch believing her son is something special.
Xena
1995 - 2001
Season 3 Episode 5
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Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) rapidly grows and gives birth within a night.
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What is shown onscreen? Precipitous labor and birth of a child that may be evil.
The Village
2019
Season 1 Episode 10
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Katie (Grace Van Dien) goes into labor after being hit by a bike and experiencing bleeding.
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What is shown onscreen? Pain with blood shown and a complicated delivery in a hospital setting.
Gotham
2019
Season 5 Episode 8
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Barbara (Erin Richards) goes into labor as she attempts to flee Gotham and Lee has to assist as the others catch up to exact their revenge.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes as they try to escape from Bane and his men. There is no birth scene.
Outlander
2019
Season 4 Episode 13
Brianna (Sophie Skelton) gives birth to a son.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scene set in the 1700's.
911
2018-
Season 2 Episode 14
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A woman named Sonia (Skye P. Marshall) who goes into labor much too quickly gives birth in the middle of a lobby.
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What is shown onscreen? Rough labor and birth scenes that end with a healthy baby but the mom does not survive.
Superstore
2015 -
Season 4 Episode 5
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Dina (Lauren Ash) and Amy (America Fererra) go into labor at the same time.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth scene. Dina receives a c-section. They each have different experiences based on the type of insurance they have.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 3 Episode 18
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Cora (Rose McGowan) gives birth to a daughter
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What is shown onscreen? Birth scenes. She then leaves the baby in the basket in a forest.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 5 Episode 8
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Zelena (Rebecca Mader) goes into labor after her stomach grows within moments.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth scene in which she is fearful the baby will be taken.
Once Upon a Time
2011 - 2018
Season 6 Episode 19
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Fiona (Jaime Murray) gives birth to a son
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth in which they are visited by fairies.
911
2018-
Season 1 Episode 7
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Multiple women in a prenatal yoga class go into labor at the same time.
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What is shown onscreen? Multiple women in labor and two births in the yoga studio.
The Cry
2018
Episode 1
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Joanna (Jenna Coleman) has a flashback of her sons birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scene in a hospital setting.
Station 19
2018 -
Season 1 Episode 2
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A young teenager gives birth in their school bathroom
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth scene with complications
Zoo
2015 - 2017
Season 3 Episode 11
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Clementine (Gracie Dzienny) gives birth in the middle of a crisis.
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What is shown onscreen? Water break, labor and birth scenes with complications.
Bones
2005 - 2017
Season 6 Episode 23
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Angela (Michaela Conlin) goes into labor while at work and after many false alarms.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a hospital birth scene. Baby is feared to have a birth defect.
The Vampire Diaries
2009 - 2017
Season 2 Episode 9
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Katherine (Nina Dobrev) gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? In a flashback, she gives birth to a daughter who is then taken.
The Vampire Diaries
2009 - 2017
Season 7 Episode 13
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Caroline (Candice King) gives birth to twins
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and c-section scene.
American Horror Story: Cult
2017
Season 7 Episode 6
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Ally (Sarah Paulson) gives birth with Ivy (Allison Pill) by her side.
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What is shown onscreen? Ally having a home birth and mentions of breastfeeding over the narrative of her angry wife.
The Mindy Project
2012 - 2017
Season 4 Episode 2
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Mindy (Mindy Kaling) goes into labor while stuck on the subway.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes. The birth occurs off screen.
Orphan Black
2013 - 2017
Season 5 Episode 10
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Helena (Tatiana Maslany) is held captive and has her labor induced
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and the birth of twins shown in a montage with another characters birth.
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 -
Season 2 Episode 11
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June (Elisabeth Moss) gives birth by herself in an abandoned house.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a home birth scene in the nude.
Reign
2013 - 2017
Season 1 Episode 10
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Isobel (Amy Forsyth) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth outside set in the Elizabethan era.
House of Lies
2012 - 2016
Season 4 Episode 12
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Jeannie (Kristin Bell) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes first in the office and then in a hospital setting.
Masters of Sex
2013 - 2016
Season 1 Episode 12
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Libby (Caitlin FitzGerald) goes into precipitous labor.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes set in the 50s. There is no birth scene.
Wynonna Earp
2016 -
Season 2 Episode 12
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Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) goes into labor and gives birth while in hiding.
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What is shown onscreen? Going into labor while being pursued and giving birth on a pool table in the local tavern.
Masters of Sex
2013 - 2016
Season 3 Episode 2
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Virginia (Lizzy Caplan) goes into labor and prepares to give birth without the use of sedation which was common at the time.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scene in a hospital setting set in the 60s.
Between
2015 - 2016
Season 1 Episode 1
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Wiley (Jeanette McCurdy) goes into labor while alone in the quarantined area.
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What is shown onscreen? Wiley's water breaking, labor scenes and a home birth.
Grace & Frankie
2015 -
Season 4 Episode 8
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Allison (Lindsey Kraft) decides on a home birth after multiple false alarms.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes set in the home with a comedic tone.
Chicago Med
2015 -
Season 1 Episode 6
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Dr. Manning (Torrey DeVitto) goes into labor and gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in a hospital setting with complications.
Angelica
2015
Angelica (Jena Malone) gives birth at home
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What is shown onscreen? Shows Angelica giving birth at home (set in the early 1900s). It's pretty graphic with a lot of screaming and ends up being a forceps delivery. Blood is shown.
Jane the Virgin
2014
Season 1 Episode 22
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Jane (Gina Rodriguez) goes into labor while riding the bus.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a birth in a hospital setting.
Grace & Frankie
2015 -
Season 1 Episode 10
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Mallory (Brooklyn Decker) has an extremely quick labor
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What is shown onscreen? An accidental home birth as her water breaks and has the baby with her pants still on.
Jane the Virgin
2014
Season 2 Episode 14
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Petra (Yael Grobglas) goes into labor while in a book store.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a twin birth scene without complications.
The White Queen
2013
Season 1 Episode 4, 6 & 7
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Elizabeth (Rebecca Ferguson) gives birth to multiple children.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes set in the 1400s in which she has complications in a few of them.
The Tudors
2007 - 2010
Season 2 Episode 3
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Anne (Natalie Dormer) goes into labor and gives birth to a daughter
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in the castle set in the 16th century.
ER
1994 - 2009
Season 3 Episode 21
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Carla (Lisa Nicole Carson) goes into premature labor.
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What is shown onscreen? Birth in hospital setting.
ER
1994 - 2009
Season 7 Episode 9
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Chen (Ming Na) gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth in a hospital setting. She ultimately gives the baby up for adoption.
ER
1994 - 2009
Season 10 Episode 12
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Sandy (Lisa Vidal) gives birth.
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What is shown onscreen? A quick birth scene in a hospital setting where the baby is rush to the NICU.
Heartland
2007 -
Season 10 Episode 18
Amy (Amber Marshall) give birth
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What is shown onscreen? Amy goes into labor on the way to her own wedding. She makes it home for a home birth.
Stargate SG-1
1997-2007
Season 9 Episode 20 & Season 10 Episode 1
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Vala Mal Doran (Claudia Black) gives birth to a daughter.
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What is shown onscreen? Vala feeling the beginnings of labor and a short birth scene in which her baby is taken from her immediately as they believe she is their destined leader.
Charmed
1998 - 2006
Season 5 Episode 15 / Season 6 Episode 22 & 23
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Piper (Holly Marie Combs) goes into labor with her sons
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a home birth scene for the 1st. Hospital labor scenes that leads to complications for the 2nd. Birth happens off screen.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 -
Season 6 Episode 12
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Dee (Kaitlin Olson) goes into labor.
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What is shown onscreen? A couple of scenes surrounding the birth. Dee is acting as a surrogate and the birth happens offscreen.
Grey's Anatomy
2005 -
Season 2 Episode 17
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Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) goes into labor while her husband has surgery
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth in a hospital setting
Grey's Anatomy
2005 -
Season 7, Episode 18
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Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) goes into labor after a car accident.​
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What is shown onscreen? Labor causing issues and leading to an emergency c-section for a very premature baby.
The Red Tent
2004
Parts 1 & 2
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Dinah (Rebecca Ferguson) and Leah (Minnie Driver) give birth in Biblical times.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes with Dinah having complications requiring dangerous methods to deliver the baby.
Friends
1994 - 2004
Season 5 Episode 3
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Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) gives birth as a surrogate for her brother.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth to triplets in a hospital setting.
Friends
1994 - 2004
Season 10 Episode 17
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Erica (Anna Faris) gives birth to twins she carried for Monica and Chandler to adopt.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth in a hospital setting.
Farscape
1999-2003
The Peacekeepers War: Part 2
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Aeryn (Claudia Black) is in labor but as the birth draws nearer, a war rages on around her.
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What is shown onscreen? After a complication Crichton assists her in bringing their son into the world. Labor scenes are shown including a water birth scene.
Xena
1995 - 2001
Season 5 Episode 12
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Xena (Lucy Lawless) goes into labor while in the Underworld and gives birth while being hunted for the child she carries
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What is shown onscreen? Going into labor and giving birth outside while others fight nearby.
Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman
1993 - 1998
Season 4 Episode 27 & 28
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Michaela (Jane Seymour) goes into labor in the wilderness and gives birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes outdoors with only her husband to help her.
Beauty & the Beast
1987 - 1990
Season 3 Episode 1​
Catherine (Linda Hamilton) goes into labor and gives birth while still in captivity.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes while being locked in a room, then forcibly being made to push. At one point the doctor is told to perform a C-section against her will. The man who wishes to steal her baby does so at the end leaving her alone.