SOME of these women may look familiar to you even though you may have only met them for just a few fateful days years ago.
For most those days were some of the most precious of your life.
The picture above is of the dedicated current and former midwives of Ipswich Hospital who assisted mums to welcome their children into the world.
Just how many children is anyone guess, but to give you an idea just one of those in the photo, Lynette Sockley, a midwife for 34 years, chalked up 10,000 babies alone.
The Ipswich Hospital maternity team got back together on the weekend to reflect on their many years of service on the local ward.
Diane Wiseman who retired in 2017 after 30 years as a midwife was one of the organisers of the catch up at the Marburg Hotel.
Speaking for the 48 who turned up she said words couldn’t describe what it was like to be present when a child was born.
“It is quite unique and it was always a privilege to share that special moment with the parents,” she said.
“As nurses we came from all walks of life and once we became a midwife and put on our gown we shared a common bond.
“It was fulfilling to go to work each day helping young mums and dads, even showing them how to safely bathe their new child.”
The Ipswich midwives first held a reunion last year and they had such a great time reminiscing they decided to make it an annual event.
The success of the first reunion saw numbers doubled for the Marburg catch-up on Saturday.
Those that attended recalled assisting with the deliver of scores of twins, but only three sets of triplets at Ipswich Hospital over the past 40 or so years. One trio came into the world on Christmas Day.
“Mums expecting quadruplets were always sent off to the Mater in Brisbane,” Diane said.
It was fitting that those who help deliver our most precious gifts met just weeks before Christmas.
