Midwives are often portrayed as serene guardians of childbirth, wise and steady with boundless compassion. At least, that’s the image that popular imagination clings to

Those in the limelight appear to revert to their pre-pregnancy shapes in a matter of weeks. Such an expectation is hardly the norm and is an unrealistic goal for the majority of women

Midwives are often portrayed as serene guardians of childbirth, wise and steady with boundless compassion. At least, that’s the image that popular imagination clings to

Those in the limelight appear to revert to their pre-pregnancy shapes in a matter of weeks. Such an expectation is hardly the norm and is an unrealistic goal for the majority of women

Midwives are often portrayed as serene guardians of childbirth, wise and steady with boundless compassion. At least, that’s the image that popular imagination clings to

Those in the limelight appear to revert to their pre-pregnancy shapes in a matter of weeks. Such an expectation is hardly the norm and is an unrealistic goal for the majority of women