90-Year-Old Delivers Her Great Grandchild

May 7, 2009 by tanya
Filed under: News

A 90 year-old Grandmother from Malmesbury, Wiltshire, has described how she delivered her great grandchild.

Margaret Jones was trained as a midwife in the 1940s and had not delivered a baby since the 1950s.

Granddaughter Kathy Shah, 32, went into labour last Friday and called her grandmother for help.

Mrs Jones, who has two artificial hips, helped to deliver over 1,000 babies during her career in Wales. Talking to the Wiltshire Gazette, she said: “It got to the point where I realised my services might be required.

“I thought to myself ‘Maggie, it’s time to wash your hands and don your overalls’.

“I was a bit worried because Kathy was on the floor and not on a bed. If there are complications, like a breach, you really need to be on a bed. But thankfully we didn’t have any problems.”

The proud grandmother, talking about her experience in the 1950’s added: “In those days I used to be out and about on my bicycle. Of course, during the war, when scores of women were evacuated from London to Wales, we used to be delivering five, six, seven babies each night.”

Mrs Jones safely delivered baby Carys, who weighted 7lb 7oz. It is the second child for Kathy and Keval Shah, they also have a 19-month-old son called Dylan.