Working Life: It's a privilege to  welcome Christmas babies into the world

Christina McNamara, clinical midwife manager, Labour & Birthing Unit, National Maternity Hospital

Christina McNamara, clinical midwife manager,
at the National Maternity Hospital. Picture: Moya Nolan.

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Over Christmas week, I’ve been working night shifts on the Labour and Birthing Unit at The National Maternity Hospital. On Christmas Eve night, I tucked my two little girls, aged one and two, into bed before Santa visited. My oldest gets so excited about me looking after babies at work that she doesn’t mind me leaving.