As per Nielsen Korea, Birthcare Center ended with the audience rating of an average of 3.690% in national and 4.019% in the metropolitan area. In its last episode it recorded averages of 4.8% in the metropolitan area and 4.2% nationwide with a viewership of 1.1 million, which was its personal best. With an average viewership of 889,000 it maintained the No.1 rank in the same time zone including cable and full-length channels.[6]
Oh Hyun-jin (Uhm Ji-won) has a glittering career in her work life. She is the youngest member on the board of executives at the company she works at and is proficient in everything she does. But when she delivers her first child, she is in for a shock. Giving birth was far more difficult than she had expected, and she quickly discovers that although she is good at all things work-related, she hasn’t got the first clue about how to bring up a baby. After being discharged from hospital, she heads to a postpartum care center – an exclusive establishment where even A-list stars come to get postpartum care. She is dismayed to realize that she is the oldest mother in the center, and embarrassed to notice that everyone else seems to know what they are doing when it comes to looking after babies. Fortunately, the other mothers at the center prove inspirational. Among their number is Cho Eun-jeong (Park Ha-sun ), aka 'the Queen Bee' – a seemingly perfect mother whom everyone wants to befriend in order to learn childcare secrets. And Choi Hye-suk (Jang Hye-jin) is the charismatic center manager, having knowledge about everything related to childcare.
Uhm Ji-won as Oh Hyun-jin, the oldest mother and the youngest charismatic executive, who doesn't hold back. However her inexperience in having a baby makes her feel culturally shocked with the world of the mothers, in which no one cares about her job or educational background but her baby. Her inexperience results to her being outcast by the rest of the mothers.
Park Ha-sun as Cho Eun-jeong, perfect parenting heart and "Love is Mother", a so-called first class mom who breastfeeds twins for 24 months. Everyone is willing to befriend her for her perfect parenting tips. However actually her twins are not as nice as what people see.
Jang Hye-jin as Choi Hye-suk, president of the mothers and the director of the postpartum care center she is trusted by mothers as guide[8]
Yoon Park as Kim Do-yoon, Hyun-jin's handsome younger husband, CEO of an up-and-coming app development startup company.[9]
Choi Ri as Lee Roo-da, Yo-mi's mother who thinks of herself as much as she thinks of her child. She has strong clashes with most of the mothers in the center, especially against Eun-jeong.
Choi Soo-min as Ahn Hee-nam, a nurse in a postpartum care center whose voice changes suddenly with Jekyll and Hyde level. She uses her normal lower voice to talk to the mothers, while she uses nasal higher voice as sarcasm to incompetent mothers.
Nam Yoon-su as Ha Gyeong-hoon,[11] a handsome packet delivery boy whose presence is waited by the center's mothers and employees except Eun-jeong because he knows the secret about her twins' attitude.
The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
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^"tvN '산후조리원' 엄지원·박하선·장혜진, 캐스팅 확정" [tvN'Postpartum Care Center' Umm-won, Park Ha-sun, Jang Hye-jin, cast confirmed]. 서울경제. May 7, 2020. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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^Song, Eun-kyung (May 25, 2020). "[방송소식] 임화영, tvN 월화극 '산후조리원' 합류 外" [[Broadcasting News] Lim Hwa-young joins tvN's monthly drama'Postpartum Care Center']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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^"산후조리원 OST Part 2" [Postpartum Care Center OST Part 2]. Melon. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
^"산후조리원 OST Part 3" [Postpartum Care Center OST Part 3]. Melon. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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^Park, Dong-je (April 12, 2021). "5월13일 개최 '57회 백상예술대상', TV·영화·연극 부문 최종 후보 공개" ['57th Baeksang Arts Awards' held on May 13th, final nominations for TV·Film·Theatre are revealed]. BreakNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^Kim Jin-seok and Jo Yeon-kyung (April 12, 2021). "57회 백상예술대상, TV·영화·연극 부문 최종 후보 공개" [57th Baeksang Arts Awards, final nominations for TV, film, and theater released]. Daily Sport (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
