Gaby Logan is all set to present Channel Five’s newest reality Tv show which will follow 18 pregnant mums in the run up to their births.

The show will have live footage of natural labours, and will include testimonies from celebrity mums such as Meera Syal and Nancy Sorrell, wife of comedian Vic Reeves.

The show will be filmed at the maternity unit of Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Footage of a new caesarean section technique will also be screened, along with what has been called a “comprehensive” guide to childbirth.

“Some of us have very big reservations about this. If they really want to show the wonder of birth, why don’t they film it and then transmit it once they know everything has gone well and mother and baby are fine?” a senior member of staff at the hospital said.

“Childbirth isn’t always that simple and things can go wrong. Imagine if there was some disastrous complication, live on TV, where perhaps the mother or the baby was in serious danger.”