Baring the ‘bump’– now trending

Baring the ‘bump’– now trending Pope Francis blesses a pregnant bride and her husband during a general audience at the Vatican. Photo: CNS/ Lola Gomez

Pregnancy was once considered such a private process that novels referred to ladies “in a certain condition.” Until relatively recently, maternity clothes were designed to discreetly conceal an expectant mother’s shape. There’s a famous picture of Jacqueline Kennedy with a lineup of the Kennedy clan before JFK’s election, and she is seated in such a…

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