'Women are remarkable' Scots midwife who delivered 'thousands' of babies during 50 year career says each birth was special

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babies she’s delivered – only that it runs into ­thousands.June, 69, trained as a nurse in 1969 and has been a midwife since 1974.The majority of her career has been in Glasgow, firstly at Belvedere Hospital then the city’s Southern General and more recently in the communities of Pollokshields and Govan.Celebrating 50 years of nursing and midwifery, June said: “Looking back, it’s been such a privilege to look after so many women at such a special time in their lives.“Women are remarkable and every birth has been special in its own way.“I am lucky in that I have always enjoyed my job.”June has recalled the days when week-long hospital stays were the norm for mothers and newborns.She said: “It’s only now, looking back, do I realise just how.