A Mother's Day to remember as tiny bundles of joy born at Ulster Hospital
There was baby joy on Mother's Day at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald as new arrivals entered the world.
As she cradled her beautiful baby daughter Tuathlaith, Abi McCrory from Downpatrick described the birth and arrival on Mother’s Day as "such a wee blessing".
She added: "It is just amazing to have Tuathlaith here as she wasn’t due until March 20. She must have decided Mother’s Day was the day!"
Tuathlaith, who was dressed in her beautiful pink Easter bunny suit, weighed seven pounds 10 ounces and came into the world at 4.35am.
Abi added: “Tuathlaith’s Dad Paul and I are just delighted.”
Meanwhile, Comber’s Leah Rafferty was also celebrating the arrival of her baby daughter Fern who was born at 7.13am.
“Fern was actually five and a half weeks early, we were shocked and not expecting it," Leah said.
Weighing six pounds and five ounces, Leah added how the early birth of her precious baby daughter was such "a nice wee surprise".