When Sarah entered prison, she was 3 months pregnant. Now, she is preparing for another challenge - after the baby is born, she will bring him back to the prison, where he will live with her for the duration of her sentence.
Colette and Aaron have a long history of heroin addiction, which they've been able to kick with the aid of methadone. But now that Colette's pregnant, she's finding that it's possibly riskier to go off the methadone during pregnancy, than to stay on it.
Misty and Jonathan lost their home shortly after Misty became pregnant. Now, the couple lives in a tent in the woods and struggle to find jobs and housing before the baby is born, or they risk losing custody of him.
Beth has always wanted children, but being pregnant isn't easy for someone with an eating disorder. She turns to her husband and therapy for help because if she gives into undereating and over-exercising, she could put herself and her baby at risk.
Jolene and her boyfriend Correy are expecting a baby girl. But being pregnant has meant that Jolene had to choose between taking the psychiatric drugs that control her bi-polar disorder, and safeguarding the health of her unborn child.
Kathleen Steele has it all. A job she loves, a devoted 63 year old husband, a sailboat, beach house; all, except the children she wants. Now, at the age of 55, she's pregnant with her first child, but nothing about pregnancy at her age is routine or easy.
Fay Yu
Producer
Valerie Haselton Drescher
Rebecca Toth Diefenbach