Twice Born

Lesly, a young, single mother, journeys to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from California because her baby has developed an aggressive tumor in utero that threatens its ability to breathe or eat.

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?

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.

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).

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.

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.