Louise May

So I was like, phew.

So I started nursing and I didn't know how it was going to go, but I loved it.

I loved it.

I got such satisfaction out of looking after people.

And obviously my mum had been unwell when I was very young.

And I really loved looking after people and thinking, God, like, you know, if I had have been older, I would have been able to help or I would have been able to...

And I got so much out of it.

I really, really did.

And then then in third year, I did a placement in the Rotunda and it was the Rotunda that kind of called me more so than the babies.

You know, I arrived to the Rotunda and it was such a friendly place.

They were so proud of it.

They were so proud of the building.

Like, you know, I remember one of the household staff showing me the chapel and this magical place where everyone was well and everyone was kind of.

You know, you went around in the morning and you asked the women who wanted to go home.

And I thought, oh, that's so different to a general setting because the doctors told you when you were going home in a general setting.

And I thought, God, the women are in charge here.

The women are well.

And when they're ready to go home with their baby.

And I just that just really spoke to me that this was kind of being with people who are well at a normal part of their life, helping them to.

you know, take that leap into the next stage.