BRINGING UP BATES: Roaring Bates and Pending Due Dates on UPtv features several major family milestones for the Christian family. The Bates family is celebrating births, homes and new relationships. The episode’s most powerful moment comes as Carlin Bates Stewart is admitted to the hospital earlier than expected to welcome her daughter, Layla Rae Stewart. After Layla is born, Carlin gives a passionate pro-life speech to the cameras about how we should celebrate a child’s birth and how motherhood is such a special gift meant to be treasured.