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Primetime Show Reviews
"One Born
Every Minute"
review by Suzanne
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm et/pc on Lifetime
I don't watch or like reality shows...at least this one really
is, um, real, at least to a certain extent. These are not actors who auditioned
to be on the show and just want to become rich and famous. This is a real
hospital with real doctors, nurses, patients, etc. They are in real life
situations that can be exciting, harrowing, and tear-inducing. No need to
manufacture too much drama because it's already there.
This is about a maternity ward in a hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
The series basically shows what couples go through to have a baby successfully.
Of course it still is heavily edited and they know the cameras are there, so
that makes it not quite like reality, but it's about as close as you're going to
get without hidden cameras and hours of boring footage! :) No one wants that,
not even me.
Some reality shows make you feel like you need a shower
afterwards. They are about scuzzy people doing disgusting things, or you feel
like the show is taking advantage of stupid people. This one is not at all like
that. These are just regular people having babies, and everyone can relate to
that (even those of us who are not having babies, ever). It is uplifting and
even aspiring.
The series is 8 episodes, each an hour long. I suspect they will
be making more shows in the future if it does well. I only have two complaints
that would keep me from watching it regularly. For one thing, some of the
parents are really ugly. I don't mean just fat, of course, from being pregnant,
but UGLY. If I want to see ugly people, I'll go down to the mall or a bar, you
know? I watch TV to see better-looking people. Okay, so I'm shallow. You know
I'm right and most people agree with me. Secondly, I don't enjoy hearing
people scream and cry, no matter what their ages. In this show you get to hear
lots of women screaming, and babies crying. Too annoying.
Otherwise, if you are really into maternity and all that sort of
thing, this is an interesting and good show. That is a rare thing, in my
opinion, for a reality show. It is also a bit of an eye opener if you've
never had a baby before (or been married to someone who has). It's not just
interesting because of the actual giving birth and all that leads up to it, but
seeing the different types of couples and their personalities, and the doctors
and other workers at the hospital...that is very interesting. They did seem to
pick patients who weren't boring.
Check it out, and you can view episodes online, too!
Press info:
Synopsis: In eight, hour-long episodes, the series takes an indepth
look at life inside the maternity ward at
Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, as
expectant mothers enter their final stage of
pregnancy. From the delivery room, to the
operating room, to the front desk, to the nurses’
station...40 cameras roll 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week to capture the high drama, humor and
overwhelming emotion of child birth as new lives
begin and others change forever. One Born Every
Minute is based on the popular U.K. format.
Premiere Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at 10 PM ET/PT
New episodes air Tuesdays at 10PM ET/PT
Production company: Reveille Independent
Executive producers: Elisabeth Murdoch (MasterChef)
Howard T. Owens (MasterChef)
Daniel Soiseth (America’s Next Top Model)
Robin Ashbrook (Live to Dance)
Shelley Schulze (Trauma: Life in the ER)
Sanjay Singhal (The Event: How Racist are You?)
JoAnn Alfano, Gena McCarthy and Sandy Varo
Jarrell of Lifetime Television.
DOCTORS:
Dr. Stu Jones: Chief of Women’s Health.
Dr. Stu Jones has been at Riverside for 18 years. When he’s not in a delivery you can usually find
him hanging out at the nurses’ station, joking with the residents or posing for the family albums
holding the baby he’s just delivered.
Dr. Rhonda Gaiser: Attending Physician.
Dr. Rhonda Gaiser has been a Labor and Delivery attending physician for 15 years. A ball of energy
and a legend at Riverside, Gaiser has been known to jump four flights of stairs to get to a delivery
and has no problem straddling a woman to help push the baby out.
Dr. Minnie: Labor and Delivery Attending.
Dr. Minnie has been at Riverside Methodist hospital for seven years. Coming from three generations
of doctors, she was destined to follow in their footsteps. Among the residents she is known as a strict
teacher.
Dr. Matt Mingione: Specializing in Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Dr. Matt Minigione has been at Riverside Methodist hospital for four years, specializing in Maternal
Fetal Medicine. Originally from a small town in Ohio, his mom was the driving force behind him
accomplishing his dream. When a family is facing tough decisions, complications and fetal
anomalies, he is there to get them through the rough times.
Dr. Brianna Paulson: Intern.
Dr. Brianna Paulson is only two months into her residency and is still adjusting trying to keep up
with the fast pace Labor and Delivery floor while learning on the go.
NURSES:
Mary Engleheart: Labor and Delivery RN Nurse Manager.
Mary Engleheart has been at Riverside Methodist hospital for 21 years. She has two adopted sons
and although she has never experienced labor herself, she can relate to her patients mother to mother.
Engleheart loves the high-risk emergency cases where the whole team flies into action to save a baby
and mom against all the odds.
Kristen Beckman: Labor and Delivery RN.
Kristen Beckman has been at Riverside Methodist for seven years. Beckman is also a mother so she
has a good idea of what labor is really like and she doesn’t sugar coat the experience for her patients.
In her opinion, the hardest part starts when you leave the hospital with the baby.
Carmen Rankin: Labor and Delivery RN.
Carmen Rankin has been a Labor and Delivery RN for 15 years. As a teacher and a nurturer at heart,
she loves helping young mothers through labor and educating them about parenting and childbirth.
Amanda Monihan: Labor and Delivery RN.
Amanda Monihan has been working at Riverside Methodist for four years. She enjoys working nights
because the nurses and residents like to have fun when management is gone. When the lights are
slow, and things are slow they do everything from birthing ball races to IV pole dancing.
Jennifer Tokasah: Labor and Delivery RN.
Even after being at Riverside for 11 years, Jennifer still gets teary when the dad’s cry. She also
loves to try and get the moms to look into the mirror when the baby comes out because she thinks it’s
such an amazing thing to see.
Chrys Beebe: Labor and Delivery RN.
Chrys has been a Labor and Delivery nurse at Riverside for almost 10 years. She has two daughters,
both of whom were born prematurely at Riverside, so she knows first-hand just how good her L&D
colleagues are at their jobs. She loves coming in to work every day because she knows she'll get to
play a major role in one of the most important days of her patient's lives.
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