Christmas Day joy as 10 babies enter the world at Shropshire hospitals
Tired but happy Shropshire parents Megan and Ashley Sale are able to relax at home with their best ever Christmas present - baby Millie Sophia.
Little Millie made her 26-year-old parents wait until 7.47am on Christmas Day - after Megan went into labour at about 6am on Christmas Eve and went into Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.
After her 25-hour labour, which required gas and air and an epidural, Megan, a healthcare assistant from Shrewsbury, said: "She was our own little Christmas miracle - and she definitely waited to Christmas Day to make an entrance.
"Everyone has their moments and I had mine but it was fine. It was a long day but very much worth it."
Little Millie weighed in at 7lb 5oz and is doing well at home with mum and dad Ashley, who were married on the hottest day of the year last July.
"I couldn't have done it without Ashley, he was brilliant," said Megan. "I didn't get any sleep for about 42 hours in because Millie was in for 12 hours of monitoring."
They finally got back to their Shrewsbury home at 8pm for some well-deserved shut eye. Luckily little Millie, who is Megan's first child, let them have a good night's sleep and is quite a quiet baby.
It was a busy Christmas Day for Shropshire's maternity ward, with 10 babies born throughout the day.
Staff on the maternity wing at the Princess Royal Hospital helped the mums welcome their newborns into the world.
Midwife Chloe Okoro said there have been four girls and six boys born.
The smallest was just three pounds and 14 ounces; the heaviest, nine pounds.
Proud mum Kiera McEwan gave birth to baby Oscar at 3.26pm.
Kiera and boyfriend, Anthony, were able to take Oscar, who weighed 7lb 5ozs, home to Radbrook in Shrewsbury in the evening.
Kiera said Oscar's birth had made Christmas for herself and Anthony and all the family.
"I was 13 days overdue and so I knew I would be going in to have the baby induced on Christmas Eve," she said.
"We were able to come home pretty quickly and Oscar has really settled. He is such a contented little baby."
Other little ones brought into the world were Daisy-Mai, 8lb 6oz, born to Bethany Beever-Davies, and Toby, 9lb, born to Sarah Jones.
