Sat, Jan 12, 2013
The four mothers-to-be are introduced for the first time. Young single mother Lucie fights both the indifference of her child's father and her difficult social situation. Manager Vera has a good income and an attentive partner, but needs to combine the maternity with her promising career in order not to lose important clients. Humanitarian worker Petra focuses on choosing a maternity hospital and preparations for the child, while tensely awaiting the arrival of its African father whom she's known only for a few months. And Miky the farmer does not intend to give up physically demanding work on the farm and with a number of animals despite her third pregnancy. First labor contractions - the messengers - bring Lucie to the delivery room...
Sat, Jan 19, 2013
Little Sophie is given birth to by the lonely Lucie at the beginning of the episode. However, the euphoria of the birth of the first child is soon replaced by postnatal depression and existential distress. Abel, the Ethiopian partner of Petra who's never left his native country before, finally arrives to Czech Republic. Petra is about to give birth soon, but wants to introduce Abel to her family and the reality of normal life in Europe. Meanwhile, Miky the farmer undisturbedly continues in her hard work on the family farm. Her third pregnancy seems not to hold her back at all, even though her loved ones are beginning to worry about her. And the businesswoman Vera sets off to see her family in Moravia, to consult her approach to pregnancy with her brother the doctor and present to her family the exotic name for her first child.
Sat, Jan 26, 2013
At the beginning of the episode, Jonas, the first child of the humanitarian worker Petra and her partner, Ethiopian Abel, is born. Will Petra's dream of natural and serene birth come true, despite the stormy night at which it takes place? Meanwhile, Lucie is going through her puerperium alone, she has no money again and so at least seeks her father and his new family in Tabor. The businesswoman Vera, too, sets off to Canada to her boyfriend's parents to display her pregnancy. She inspects local maternity hospital with her partner Jakub and inquires about newest trends in the mother and child care. The hard work on the family farm catches up with Miky the farmer. She gets a strong warning from the doctors that she should ease her pace for the sake of the baby after all. And it's her who gives birth to her son Josifek prematurely at the end of the third episode.
Sat, Feb 2, 2013
After a difficult birth of son Josifek, Miky returns to her beloved farm to husband Joska, the children and the animals. Three years old Eliska is put in charge of Josifek and Miky leaps into work again. Lucie is trying to establish a relationship with a Czech living in Norway over Skype and also meets Martin from South Bohemia. However, neither of them seems to be able to be a father for the little Sophia. Petra's Ethiopian partner Abel is still waiting for his visa to be able to work. Therefore, Petra has to run family budget alone with her occasional income and breastfeed little Jonas at the same time. After a smooth pregnancy, health troubles arise with Vera, who therefore goes to her family to Wallachia. Her partner Jakub is given his first fatherly task - to assemble a chest of drawers for the baby things.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013
At the beginning of the fifth episode, the businesswoman Vera undergoes C-section, forced by the lack of amniotic fluid. Little Isabelle Capri is therefore born to Vera and Jakub in Zlín hospital, and Jakub presses her to his naked chest while is recovering from the operation. Meanwhile, Lucie is looking in Tábor for a new place to stay for herself and Sophie with the help of her father. Temporarily, she lives with her old powerless great-grandmother. Petra and Abel are going trough questioning by the Alien Police because of his application for a temporary stay. Miky again leaps into work at farm after the delivery, but the idyll with the new baby is complicated by very cold weather, Josifek's and older children's cold and a broken car.
Sat, Feb 16, 2013
Pre-Christmas mood enters the households of our heroines. For five episodes we've been watching stories of mothers-to-be during pregnancy, delivery, puerperium and the weeks after; now their stories will conclude. Will the single parent Lucie find a new dad for little Sophia? Will Abel be granted temporary stay, to be able to stay in the Czech Republic with Petra and little Jonas? Will Miky be able to handle taking care of three children while slaving on the family farm? And will Vera the businesswoman's plans of resuming her career in her successful company work out, as she's been planning before little Isabella was born?