Affair shock for mum

A MOTHER was horrified when a midwife who helped to deliver her daughter told her she had slept with the baby’s dad.

Joanne Lumsden revealed her shocking secret just hours after the unnamed mum gave birth.

The woman said she is “haunted” by the sight of Ms Lumsden, who appeared on Channel Four’s One Born Every Minute, holding her baby.

She also feels “violated” by what happened following the delivery at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

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And she added that any happy memories of the birth have been tainted.

The mum-of-four said: “I was subjected to the most horrific ordeal any mother-to-be could ever imagine.

“I put my utmost trust and confidence into the hands of a midwife who I thought was a medical professional with mine and my daughter’s best interests at heart.

“This has amounted to the destruction of a family.”

Ms Lumsden had met the dad when he went on a lads’ holiday to Benidorm.

The mother said that Ms Lumsden ® chose to ignore a series of opportunities to declare the “conflict of interest” in the months leading up to the birth.

The mum added: “Instead she took matters into her own hands and made sure she was present that day. This will haunt me for as long as I live.”

Ms Lumsden has delivered more than 500 babies and was commended on Twitter by the hospital in 2013.

She previously told One Born Every Minute: “I get to experience the miracle of childbirth every day and watch couples become a family.”

But she is now embroiled in disciplinary action and is no longer employed by the hospital.

The mother claims the dad started behaving strangely after his Benidorm trip.

She discovered she was pregnant a short time later and claimed that he would make excuses to miss scans and appointments related to the pregnancy.

A spokesman for Liverpool Women’s Hospital Trust apologised and said: “We can confirm that disciplinary proceedings were undertaken by the Trust as a result of two members of staff ’s conduct.”