30 Minutes

Desperate for a Baby (1x7)

Air date: Jun 26, 2004

In the last episode of the series, Zaiba Malik reports on why waiting lists of more than two years have given rise to the new British trend of fertility tourism, in which would-be mothers travel the world in search of donated eggs. One in six women in this country suffers problems with conception, and in light of this, Malik assesses the system that drives such vulnerable people to risk their health and finances on a desperate quest.