Tiktok-daft mum’s joy at being reunited with midwife online
Student who documented precious first moments after dad slept in saw video and reached out to family
A Hamilton mum has thanked a midwife who took adorable photos of her newborn baby in a heartwarming video on Tiktok – after the dad ‘slept in’ for the birth.
Megan Burns gave birth to baby girl Gabriella in Wishaw General Hospital on November 20, 2021, with mum Fiona by her side as her boyfriend slept in for the quick one-and-a-half hour labour.
The 23-year-old initially planned to blog the birth, but when it “didn’t go as planned” she handed her phone to student midwife Joanna Murray and asked her to take lots of photographs.
Megan, also mum to Lola, three, decided to take part in a Tiktok trend where users post someone they’ll never forget and immediately knew that Joanna was the person to be featured.
The video, now viewed more than 150,000 times, reached Joanna who was delighted to come across the post.
Speaking to our sister paper, the Daily Record, Megan said: “I am pretty obsessed with Tiktok and I’m always thinking of new videos I can make.
“I saw people doing the trend and I thought I could do that with the photos Joanna had taken.
“I initially planned to blog the birth but that didn’t go as planned so I handed her my phone and asked her to take lots of photos. She was so lovely.
“My mum was my birthing partner because my boyfriend slept in for the birth.
“I didn’t think the video would reach her at all, but I had in my notes her name was Joanna so I wrote that in case she didn’t remember me.
“She saw the Tiktok and knew exactly who we were and exactly what birth it was.
“She said Gabriella was her 18th baby and I thought that was really cute she remembered the number.
“Lots of people have been commenting on the Tiktok.
“They couldn’t believe I managed to find her and the video reached her.”
After viewing the Tiktok, Joanna commented: “Hey :) So glad I came across this, what a lovely post!
“Gabriella was my 18th delivery and one I’ll never forget.”
The comment has now been liked more than 1000 times as app users were delighted the pair had been reunited through the power of social media.
One person said: “Crying at this and how you’ve found her.”
Another added: “I loved my first experience in Wishaw General back in 2019 with my little girl.
“I had a student midwife named Emily and I named my daughter after her.”
A third wrote: “This is so sweet.”
She saw the Tiktok and knew exactly who we were ... and exactly what birth it was