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Raising Chelsea Debuts on Disney+, Featuring Unplanned Birth Footage of Laing and Habboo

The release centers on a candid decision to show emergency birth footage that a hospital anaesthetist recorded on their phone.

Overview

  • Raising Chelsea, which premiered Thursday on Disney+, follows Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo from pregnancy through their first weeks with son Ziggy.
  • The series includes footage of Ziggy’s emergency C-section after his hand presented first, captured by an anaesthetist on the couple’s phone without their prior knowledge.
  • After discovering an 11-minute video and photos the next day, the pair chose to share the material, with Sophie calling the birth “utterly wild” and saying she cries when she watches it.
  • Disney+ previewed the show earlier in the week with a clip of the couple hearing their baby's heartbeat during a hospital scan.
  • Jamie told fans they were nervous yet committed to a “raw and honest” account, and the couple say they are still deciding how much of Ziggy to share publicly.