Newborn Russia - Season 4

Sports journalists Liana and Dmitry are a married couple who also work together. Liana's pregnancy was unplanned, but she says she knew she was pregnant from the very beginning. Now she and Dmitry can't wait to welcome their baby girl into the world and are already discussing what sports she'll play. Dmitry is keen to be present at the birth. He wants to support his wife, but also make the most of the unique opportunity to see a new life come into the world.

Meanwhile, 36-year-old Yulia is expecting her third child from her third husband, Vitaly. The baby girl, who will be named Volga after the Russian river, will be their first child together. The couple used in-vitro fertilisation, and Volga was the only one of three embryos to survive. Yulia is anxious to avoid risk during the birth and, following her doctors' advice, has agreed to a C-section.

In this episode, two women whose first pregnancies ended in miscarriage are ready to try again. Babies born to mothers who have previously lost children are known as "rainbow babies" – their births being likened to a rainbow after a storm. The couples' second pregnancies have been carefully planned but the uncertainty creates tension as their due dates approach.

When Oksana becomes upset after going into premature labour, her husband Vyacheslav tries to cheer her up with a bet on who will be first to hold the baby. Meanwhile, Svetlana is concerned that the doctors have moved the date of her C-section forward as they expect complications. Her husband Sergey won't be allowed into the operating theatre but will wait anxiously in the corridor.

Fourteen years after the birth of her first child, Anna finally agreed to a second one. Her husband, Anton, who convinced her to go through with it, will be present during labour and childbirth to support her. He is very excited to see how a new life begins. In the time since giving birth to her first child, Anna has forgotten how difficult it can be. She is also worried something may go wrong, but her doctors have reassured her that everything is going according to plan.

Meanwhile, 24-year-old Elena is about to give birth for the first time. Her husband Pavel is there to support her, even though he's not sure what he's supposed to do. The young couple take a humourous attitude to life challenges and crack jokes all the way to encourage each other.