AN ASPIRING midwife is honing her skills alongside the nurse who delivered her.

Tracy Jones, who works at Oswestry's Midwife Led Unit (MLU) has delivered hundreds of babies over the last three decades; and she was stunned when she discovered that one of them, Georgina Peate, was now training with her as a student midwife.

Tracy said: “Fate has definitely played a part in this!”

Now 20, Georgina was born on March 20 1998, and delivered by Tracy at the very unit where they now work.

Georgina said: “I knew that I had been born at the unit, but I had absolutely no idea that Tracy had actually delivered me. One quiet afternoon we got out the old registers and had a look and neither of us could believe it when we found out. When I told my mum and showed her a picture, she recognised Tracy straight away, it was brilliant.

“For me to be able to train as a midwife is something that I have always wanted to do since I was very little – but to be able to train alongside Tracy who delivered me, it’s been so special.”

Tracy added: “It is like we have come full circle. I was there helping when she was born and now I am helping her to pursue a career in midwifery. I have had lots of student midwives working with me over the years, and it is always special – but this is extra special.”

Tracy became a midwife around 32 years ago after she started her career as a nurse, and has been based in Oswestry for the last 22 years.

“I always knew that I wanted to be a nurse, and it was when I was working on a mother and baby unit that I felt a pull to midwifery, and that is what I have done ever since,” said Tracy.

“I have helped to deliver hundreds of babies over the years and when I go out in Oswestry I am always being stopped by people saying that I delivered their baby, or a relative’s. It is wonderful really.”

Georgina will finish her midwifery training next year when she is hoping to further her career in Shropshire as a midwife with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).