Against his staff's wishes, obstetrician Sakura Konotori accepts a pregnant woman who has had no prenatal care, saying the baby isn't to blame.

A woman in her final month of pregnancy gets hit by a car and is rushed to the hospital. Sakura wants to perform a C-section, but Kase disagrees.

Sakura reunites with a girl who was born blind due to her mother contracting rubella during pregnancy. A pregnant woman collapses in the street.

A couple must make a tough choice after the wife shows some concerning symptoms. Shimoya feels worthless as a doctor for how she handled their case.

Sakura treats a middle schooler from a struggling family who didn't know she was eight months pregnant until she collapsed at school.

A woman who conceived after years of fertility treatment reaches her final month of pregnancy. A single father rushes his baby to the hospital.

After Komatsu receives an offer to work at a maternity clinic, she takes offense when Shinomiya calls them unsafe places to give birth.

A woman in the final stages of pregnancy still grieves for her stillborn child. Shinomiya tells a patient that her baby has a congenital anomaly.

A girl who Shinomiya watched over since her birth suddenly passes away. A couple with a prematurely born baby struggles to accept difficult truths.

Aizawa covers the perinatal center for an article. Later, Sakura hears details of his birth for the first time from a woman who knew his mother.