Musical midwives are on song with festive number

A group of musical midwives from Lanarkshire are back for Christmas.

Last year saw the NHS Lanarkshire group released a reworked version of Mary’s Boy Child, reflecting the fact midwives are still working on Christmas Day.

Now they have written their own original song to honour the hard work that midwives and neonatal nurses do on Christmas Day, with all proceeds going towards the Mummy’s Star charity.

Judith Smalls, an NHS Lanarkshire midwife for over 29 years who wrote the song, said: “We were shocked when the song we did last year got over 679,000 views on social media.

“We received thousands of supportive comments from all over the world and we ended up being interviewed live on BBC Radio Scotland on Christmas Eve.”

This year, the team hope to smash this number of views by performing their own jingle.

The new song, which will be released again on social media, highlights the teams’ role on Christmas Day – bringing joy to parents by delivering the newest member of their family.

Judith, who has delivered thousands of babies and worked her fair share of Christmas Days, added: “Christmas Day is a very special day for parents to welcome their baby into the world.

“It is also exciting for maternity staff, seeing which hospital delivers the first Christmas baby in Scotland or the UK, it is a wonderful atmosphere.”

Mummy’s Star is the only charity in the UK and Ireland dedicated to supporting women and their families affected by cancer during pregnancy or within 12 months after giving birth.

Gillian Smith, chair of Mummy’s Star, said: “We are so grateful that NHS Lanarkshire have chosen us it is important to the women and their families to let them know we are there for them.

“We are there to help families and are funded purely by donations, so every penny raised is used for this purpose.”

To find the new tune, search NHS Lanarkshire on Facebook, Vimeo and You Tube.

More information on the Mummy’s Star charity can be found at www. mummysstar.org.