A midwife claimed there were no red flags in the final stages of a pregnancy of a woman who lost her baby two days later.

Michelle Tannahill made the statement at a probe into the death of Mira-belle Bosch.

Mira-belle died at Wishaw General Hospital 12 hours and one minute after being born breech in the early hours of on July 2 2021.

The fatal accident inquiry at Glasgow Sheriff Court will also look into the deaths of babies Ellie McCormick and Leo Lamont.

Ellie also died at Wishaw General Hospital five hours after being born on March 5 2019.

Leo died at University Hospital Monklands on February 15 2019 when he was two hours old.

The inquiry heard Mira-belle’s mum Rozelle Bosch visited hospital on June 30 after her waters had broken.

Mrs Bosch was given an abdominal assessment by Miss Tannahill where Mira-belle was said to have been in a cephalic head up position.

Miss Tannahill also stated that Mira-belle’s head was one fifth ‘engaged’ in Mrs Bosch’s pelvis and did not move.

She said: “I had no difficulty listening to the foetal heart.

“There was nothing difficult about picking up a foetal heart.

“There were no red flags that the baby was not in the position either.”

Advocate depute Lisa Gillespie KC replied: "It is the foetal heart where you want to find if the baby is in that position?"

Miss Tannahill said: "Yes."

The advocate depute later asked why the midwife believed that she was feeling the head.

She replied: "What I was feeling was boney and not soft buttocks."

When asked why a head which is one-fifth inside the pelvis could be considered 'engaged', Miss Tannahill responded that the head was 'ballotable' meaning that it did not move.

Miss Tannahill told the hearing that Mrs Bosch's state of pregnancy at the time was "uncommon."

This was due to four fifths of Mira-belle's head not being in the pelvis and there had been a spontaneous rupture to Mrs Bosch's membranes.

Miss Gillespie said: "You wouldn't want to explore in any way why you were seeing something uncommon?"

Miss Tannahill again remarked that there were "no red flags."

She then added that she would contact medical staff if she was alarmed.

Miss Gillespie asked Miss Tannahill if Mira-belle was in breech when she saw Mrs Bosch.

She replied: "There is always a possibility that could be the case."

Miss Gillespie asked: "If you detected the baby was breech when you saw Mrs Bosch what would you do?"

Miss Tannahill said: "I would call my senior stand-in and I would have sought medical advice."

The inquiry was also told that a vaginal examination of Mrs Bosch was not carried out due to a risk of infection, Miss Gillespie asked the midwife if that type of examination would detect that the baby would have been in breech.

She replied: "Possibly, yes. It would not change my mind today as you would want to avoid it. I have no doubt with what I was feeling."

The inquiry continues before Sheriff Principal Anwar.