Love Child

Kings Cross, 1969: An ambitious midwife returns from London to uncover a system of forced adoptions at the local hospital. A pregnant country girl, Viv, wakes to find shes been drugged by her parents and sent to a home for unwed mothers.

Joan risks her career to help Annie get her baby back, unaware of the implications for Dr McNaughton. Patricias mother visits from Melbourne and offers her daughter an early exit from Stanton House.

Joan fights the hospital boys club for her right to complete her medical degree. Johnny is arrested after an anti-war protest, while Shirley goes into premature labour. Annie gets the opportunity of a lifetime at a Kings Cross nightclub.

Joan wrestles with the consequences of telling Annie the truth about her baby. Shirley is left with a seriously ill baby and no money when Johnny goes on the run from the police. Viv uncovers a disturbing secret about Matron.

Joans new career as a doctor is threatened when she helps a pregnant teen. Vivs estranged mother tries to take control of her life. Annie learns a harsh lesson as a single mother in 1970s Kings Cross.

Patricia refuses to sign adoption papers for her unborn baby, with tragic results. Joan gets closer to finding the family of Gails orphaned baby. Matrons world is rocked when her biological son is released from prison. Martha is swept off her feet by an admirer.

The custody battle over Jims baby becomes deadly serious. Joan receives a surprising proposal. Annie is deemed an unfit mother when her baby goes missing. Patricia has a life-changing encounter with some hippies.

Martha’s reunion with her birth mother turns into a nightmare. Joan and Jim’s relationship is blown apart by a secret from her past. Annie is distraught to learn she is pregnant again.

It’s 1970 and the times they are a-changing. Joan is devastated to discover an infection has left her almost certainly infertile while delinquent teen Maggie is determined to discover the identity of her birth mother.

Whilst being blackmailed by McNaughtons estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen her baby factory, Stanton House.

In Vietnam, Viv finds herself holding her newly orphaned baby nephew. Joan confirms Eva is pregnant as Patty and Jim give in to their lust.

Annie risks losing her unborn child when she is injured at an anti-war protest. Joans career as a doctor hangs in the balance following her role in Evas pregnancy. Shirley makes a life-changing decision to help Maggie keep her baby.

As wedding bells chime, new love blossoms as old loves are lost forever, and amidst betrayal and secrecy, Joan must face the hardest decision of her life.

Filled with grief after the death of her best friend Patty, Martha is determined to uncover the truth of Pattys final hours, and drags Viv along with her on a wild goose chase that ends in the last place Martha expected.

Viv and Martha fight for their rights at the International Womens Day march. When Joans baby falls ill, Matron is wracked with guilt over the possible baby swap. Debbie defies Matron by visiting her older, married lover.

Rita refuses medical assistance that could save her and her babys life. Simon confesses his role in the hit and run accident to Martha. Elena is shocked to discover her lover Ed is in critical condition in the hospital.

Joan makes a fateful decision about her future with Lawrence. Debbies world is rocked when she discovers Matron has made a secret deal to adopt out her baby. Vic gives Matron a does of her own medicine

Joan risks everything to be reunited with her missing child. Matron makes a shock announcement when she is accused of unethical behavior. Debbie takes extreme action to locate Ed and reunite him with Elena.