Christmas brought the best gift ever for a local family as they celebrated the arrival of their baby, born at Hereford County Hospital on 25 December 2024.

The special Christmas Day delivery, a baby boy called Oliver, arrived shortly after 8pm weighing 6lb 9oz.

Parents Michael and Milena, and big sister Trixie-mae, were given a special Christmas bauble to remind them of the birth in years to come, and Oliver was also given a Christmas hat!

Amie Symes, Associate Director of Midwifery at Valley NHS Trust, said: “It has been such a joyous occasion for the new parents and our fantastic midwives to celebrate the arrival of our special Christmas babies born at Hereford County Hospital on 25 December 2024.”

“Christmas babies have a very special birthday. It was wonderful for our midwives to present the families with their special bauble and Christmas hat.

 “Our maternity team wish the families of all babies born both at Christmas and throughout the year, a very Merry Christmas.”

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Special delivery - baby Oliver, born on Christmas Day 2024 at Hereford County Hospital

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• Wye Valley NHS Trust is a provider of health services across Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust exists to improve the wellbeing, independence and health of the people we serve.
• By working closely with our partners, we can make good our promise to deliver a quality of care we would want for ourselves, our families and our friends.
• With an estimated annual turnover of around £185 million, we employ around 3,000 staff. We aim to build new relationships between our staff, patients, service users and their carers with the wider community.

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