Meet the mums-to-be who received the greatest gift of all this Mother’s Day.
These four lucky mums marked Sunday with the birth of their babies at the Ulster Hospital's Maternity Unit.
As she cradled her beautiful baby daughter Ruby, Kirsty Edwards, along with dad Luke, revealed how she was born at 2pm on Mother’s Day in the hospital’s Home from Home Unit, adding: “Ruby arrived on Sunday weighing 8lbs 15oz, it was definitely a memorable Mother’s Day and we are delighted.”
Elsewhere Comber’s Megan McCaw was celebrating the arrival of her baby boy Noah who was born at 12.34am: “Noah was born in the early hours of Sunday and he weighed 8lbs 1.5ozs. It’s certainly a Mother’s Day we won’t forget.”
Jess Smyth-Rice cuddled her baby boy Cody Brown who arrived at 11.20pm just as Mother's Day was drawing to a close: “Cody weighed 6lbs 9ozs. His big sister Sophia, who is 17 months, is coming to meet him later after he has had a few naps!”
Meanwhile Mollie Hickey’s baby son made his entrance into the world at 10.22am weighing 6lbs 3ozs.
“We had originally picked a girl’s name and we got a surprise with our baby boy. He is baby McLarnon at the minute while we think of names, he is the best Mother’s Day gift,” she added.
See the little bundles of joy for yourself in our photo gallery below.