They say everything comes full circle, and that's exactly what happened when one midwife discovered she delivered her own student.
Tracy Jones has delivered hundreds of babies over her 30-year midwife career, but was left stunned when she realised one of those babies was Georgina Peate, who is training alongside her as a student midwife.
It was simply by coincidence that Tracy and Georgina ended up working at the very same place: the midwife-led unit in Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Owestry, Shropshire, where Georgina was born.
After checking the registers and making the incredible discovery, Georgina went home and showed her mum a photo of Tracy, and she recognised her instantly.
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Georgia, 20, 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 of 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, who became a midwife 32 years ago after first working as a nurse, said she believes "fate definitely played a part in this".
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She continued: "It is like we have come full circle. I was there helping when she was born and now I am helping her 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.
"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."
Ward manager, Sue Oliver, added: "It was fantastic when we found out that we had a student working at the unit who was delivered here; and it is quite unique and special that she is being mentored by the very midwife who delivered her.
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"They share a very special relationship."
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