Family pay tribute to 'local celebrity' midwife known across South Derbyshire
msn.comSwadlincote midwife who delivered thousands of babies across a 42-year career as a midwife. Ann Kinston was described as a "local celebrity" and a "super mum" by her daughter, Ruth.
Hundreds of mums across South Derbyshire may remember Ann for her aqua-aerobics sessions and her mother baby and groups. Ruth, who is a doctor herself, praised her mother for being someone who occasionally "broke the rules" to provide quality care for patients, before she retired in 2008.
One example was teaching young mothers to correctly mix bottles in order avoid salt poisoning at a time when it was frowned upon in the medical profession.
Mrs Kinston has now died at the age of 79, after a 15-year battle with dementia. Ruth told Staffordshire Live that her mother was so famous, she herself was referred to as 'Ann Kinston's daughter, you know, the midwife', such was her mother's fame.
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