A woman has revealed how a midwife held her baby – before revealing she had slept with the dad on a vacation.
The dramatic incident happened in Merseyside at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
The midwife in question, Joanne Lumsden, worked at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where she 🐟featured on the Channel 4 reality show One Born Every Minute, but reportedly failed to declare a conflict of interest in t🍨his particular case.
The mom – who has not been identified – told The Liverpool Echo how she remains “haunted” by the sight of Ms. Lumsden with her baby.
The newborn daughter was delivered safely last summer – but shortly before she became pregnant, the dad went on a vacation to Benidorm, where he met Ms. Lumsden.
Ms. Lumsden now faces ongoing disciplinary action an🧸d is no longer employed by the hospital.
The mother of the newborn claim🐭s the dad started behaving in a strange manner after his tr💙ip to the island resort.
He would make excuses to miss scans and ap🍬pointments related to the pregnancy she claimed.
The mom’s partner missed the birth of his first child and she believes this was due to fear of having his affair with Ms. Lumsden exposed.
The mother said she feels ‘v🌳iolated’ by what happened and that any happy memories of the birth of her daughter have been 🐲tainted.
An officiꦍal complaint with the hospital has been f💯iled.
A day after the birth, she claims Ms. Lumsden reveale🐟d she met her partner in Benidorm, telling of how she had “rubbed suncream” into his back.
This revelation came just hours after she had given birth and while she was recovering 🌃fro🔯m major surgery in hospital.
A wee💎k later, when a community midw🔯ife visited her home, the new mom claims she broke down in tears and told her what had happened.
The mom claims Ms. Lumsden later called her and revealed the details of the affair – while she was still under the care of Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Speak♍ing to the Echo about the ordeal, the mother said: “As a mom who was looking forward to the birth of her last baby, I was subjected to the most horrific ordeal any mother to be could ever imagine.
“I put my utmost trust and confidence into the hands of a midwife who I thought was a medical professional with mine and my daughter’s best interests at he🐭art.”
“As a woman, I am now left with a life-long memo💛ry of the midwife holding my new-born baby in her arms with the knowledge that she was having sexual relations with my baby’s father during my pregnancy and being fully aware that I was under the care of her place of work.”
The mom added that this will “haunt” her for as long as she lives.
Ms. Lumsden no longer works at the hospital, and the community midwife is also the subje🃏ct of disciplinary proceedings, but the details of that disciplinary case are not known.
A spokesperson for Liverpool Women’s Hospital Trust said: “Whilst we cannot discuss the detail of individual cases duไe to patient confidentiality, we can confirm that disciplinary proceedings were undertaken by the Trust as a result of two members of staff’s conduct.
“The Trust took this action immediately upon being made aware of the incident and an internal investigation was also conducted.
“The disciplinary process undertaken with the members of staff involved is now being dealt with by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).”
They continued: “The patient also made a formal complaint to the Trust and we have been in regular communication with them throughout the complaints process.
“We would like to apologise for the upset caused to the patient as a result of their experience.”
A spokesman for the Nursing and Midwifery Council said: “We cannot discuss cases or whether we have a case or not until they reach the hearing stage.”
The Sun Online has contacted the L൲umsden household.