The Baby Wait
What if you knew your newest addition could suddenly be subtracted? Your bundle of joy no longer yours. Would you name her? Paint her room? Bond with her? The creators of Teen Mom, 16 & Pregnant, and Jersey Shore turn their hit-making docu-reality lens onto the subject of adoption. The series tracks the emotional journey with a primary focus on an agonizing period, unknown to most people but common to many adoptions, where the birth mom has the option to take her child back from the prospective adoptive family. Each episode follows a new case from both the birth mom and adoptive couple's perspective as they struggle with their decisions leading up to and throughout the 'waiting period,' until finally one or the other family will call the baby theirs. No matter what the outcome, each story is an emotional rollercoaster where compelling real life characters will share their hopes & fears, and heartache & joy with us.
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- Logo Television Network
- Reality
What if you knew your newest addition could suddenly be subtracted? Your bundle of joy no longer yours. Would you name her? Paint her room? Bond with her? The creators of Teen Mom, 16 & Pregnant, and Jersey Shore turn their hit-making docu-reality lens onto the subject of adoption. The series tracks the emotional journey with a primary focus on an agonizing period, unknown to most people but common to many adoptions, where the birth mom has the option to take her child back from the prospective adoptive family. Each episode follows a new case from both the birth mom and adoptive couple's perspective as they struggle with their decisions leading up to and throughout the 'waiting period,' until finally one or the other family will call the baby theirs. No matter what the outcome, each story is an emotional rollercoaster where compelling real life characters will share their hopes & fears, and heartache & joy with us.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Mark and Paul
Tue, Oct 30, 2012 43 mins
Having a baby and losing a baby is hard. Imagine if both happened at once. Mark and Paul have been together for six years and want to be parents more than anything in the world. It looks like their dreams may come true when they are matched with 18 year old expectant mother Genevieve, but in Connecticut the birth mother has 30 days to change her mind after the baby is placed with its adoptive parents. As Mark and Paul fall more in love with Morgan, their baby, Genevieve begins to feel like she can't live with her decision and begins to wonder if she should take Morgan back.
Episode 2
Mike and Marcie
Tue, Nov 6, 2012 43 mins
Mike and Marcie have one son but dream of adding a second child to their family. When they face infertility they are thrilled to be matched with 22 year old Kristen who is pregnant and already has two children. Since she doesn't think she can raise a third child, she's decided on adoption. But as Kristen begins to feel shame about her decision to give up her child, she also begins to reconsider whether she should give her baby up at all.
Episode 4
Matt and Miranda
Thu, Nov 1, 2012 43 mins
Matt and Miranda dream of starting a family. When their doctor told them they couldn't have children, they were excited to be matched with Tauna and Prince, who were having twins! But after the babies are born, Prince begins to question his decision.
Episode 5
Josh and Joe
Thu, Nov 1, 2012 43 mins
Josh and Joe are dying to be parents, so when they meet 19 year-old Hannah they feel they've found the perfect situation. But in the state of Indiana, the birth father also has 30 days during which he also can claim parental rights to the baby.
Episode 6
Nate and Jen
Sat, Dec 1, 2012 42 mins
21 year-old Amber already has one child and hopes to get her GED. She knows she can't raise a second child, so she chooses Nate and Jen as adoptive parents to her child. After giving birth though, Amber feels she can't leave the hospital without her baby.