Why these Kerry midwives ‘love to get up and go to work in the morning’

The Listowel postnatal hub in Kerry is one of five networks of hubs or clinics connected to maternity hospitals around Ireland now offering postnatal care

Staff midwife Rhowena Woodward, right, takes care of Roisin Considine and her baby Paddy Kennelly from Ballybunion at Listowel Community Hospital, Co Kerry. Picture: Domnick Walsh

Having the time to get to know mothers and their babies can be a rare gift for midwives but it is one those working at the Listowel postnatal hub in Kerry have in abundance.

This is one of five networks of hubs or clinics connected to maternity hospitals around Ireland now offering postnatal care. Women attend them after giving birth for midwife-led care and support.