INSIDE NEW ZEALAND. TRIPLETS

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Year
1998
Reference
F36633
Media type
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Rights Information
Year
1998
Reference
F36633
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Series
INSIDE NEW ZEALAND
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
1:00:00
Production company
RSVP PRODUCTIONS
Credits
Director: Robyn Scott-Vincent
Producer: Robyn Scott-Vincent
Narrator: Robyn Scott-Vincent
Camera: Nic Finlayson
Editor: Jimmy Roberts
Sound: Terry King
Sound: Peter Kraan
Sound: Eugene Arts

“A documentary about two women who are about to give birth to triplets.” from the New Zealand Listener
Carol Hirschfeld introduces programme; prospective parents, Sue and Dave, first time parents, and Karen and Michael who already have 7 other children; on being told they are expecting triplets; Sue at 27 weeks; altering Sue and Dave’s house to cope with triplets; Karen at 23 weeks; Dereck (sic) Souter, consultant obstetrician; Karen’s scanned every 2 weeks as high risk, carrying twins sharing a placenta and one in its own placenta; commercial break;
Sue at 30 weeks, hospitalised due to suspected complications; Simon Rowley, neonatal paediatrician; Lynda Batcheler (sic), obstetrician; Dave buying baby gear; Karen at 25 weeks; Sue at 31 weeks; Lynda Batcheler, obstetrician on delivering Sue’s triplets early to protect her own health; commercial break;
Sue on the way to theatre; Sue’s delivery; Simon Rowley, neonatal paediatrician; Sue seeing Phoebe, Lucy, Joseph in special care; Michael on stopping work and going on a benefit as their application for a home help was refused; Karen at 26 weeks; Karen on post-natal depression; Dereck Souter, consultant obstetrician; Sue and Dave, parents fro a week; commercial break;
Karen to be delivered at 30 weeks as the smallest baby has stopped growing; Dereck Souter, consultant obstetrician; Julia and Maria go to special care but Victoria goes to intensive care; Sue and Dave, setting up the nursery; Sue and Karen on feeding their children; Sue and Dave taking their children home; commercial break;
Michael on coping; Karen on going home without her babies; Sue on looking after 3; Sue’s mum arrives; Sue and Dave’s routine; Karen’s babies arrive home; Karen on being a mother; Sue and Dave’s babies at 3 months; Karen and Michael’s babies at 4 months, with trainee nannies; Sue, babies at 5 months, sleeping right through the night for the first time;
00:44:03 end