Twice Born

Science and Nature Series / 1 Season

With exclusive access to an elite unit, where the production crew was embedded for 15 months, step inside the groundbreaking medical frontier that is fetal surgery. This gripping PBS mini-series that takes an intimate, inside look at the Special Delivery Unit at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where rare surgeries are done on babies still inside their mothers' wombs.

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Episode 3 Preview

31s / TV-14

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.

Lilly and Dr. Adzick

3m 49s / TV-14

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.

Lilly's Update

38s / TV-14

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.

Episode 2 Preview

31s / TV-14

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.

Preview of Spina Bifida Surgery

1m 39s / TV-14

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.

Tina & Brion's Story

28s / TV-14

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.

Episode 1 Preview

31s / TV-14

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.

Extended Preview

3m 26s / TV-14

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.

Twice Born | First Look

31s / TV-14

With exclusive access to the elite Special Delivery Unit at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, (where the production crew was embedded for 15 months), watch as expecting parents face a gut-wrenching decision: should they take a leap of faith to repair birth defects with pre-natal surgery, even if it means they might lose their child?

Introduction to the Doctors and Patients

2m 44s / TV-14

Meet some of the courageous doctors and their patients, whose lives intersect in the Special Delivery Unit at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where operations are performed on babies still inside their mothers’ wombs. Get a glimpse of both the dramatic narrative and scientific fact served up by this groundbreaking series.

Parents & Babies

38s / TV-14

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).

Lilly's Long Hospital Stay

1m 40s / TV-14

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.

Shelly & Bobby's Story

43s / TV-14

Shelly and Bobby travel from Massachusetts after learning their baby has spina bifida, a debilitating condition that causes a range of problems including impaired mobility, hydrocephalus and a number of other lifelong challenges.

Care & Trust

38s / TV-14

Follow several families from around the country as they go through the emotional process of learning about medical challenges facing their unborn children, assessing the options of prenatal surgery and making decisions once their options are clear.

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