A survey has found that childbirth can be more nerve-racking than first-time sex, marriage, surgery or buying a house.

The survey commissioned for a new police series called 'Rookie Blue', on the Universal TV channel, showed that top of the anxiety list for both men and women was childbirth.

Second on the list was the nerve inducing first day of a new job, third marriage, fourth hospital operations, and fifth buying a first home.