Kensington Palace has released portions of video calls the Duchess has been taking part in.
In one video, Kate spoke with parents Rebecca Attwood and John Gill as their newborn baby, Max, was nearby. 
Kate can be heard saying, “Hello! Very nice to meet you! This is definitely a first, I think!”
More on how things transpired from Emily Nash’s Hello! article:
From her Anmer Hall home in Norfolk, she watched as Sam Frewin, Lead Midwife Birth Centre & Better Births, put on an apron and mask before taking the laptop in to introduce her to the new family. “I’m smiling, can you tell?” joked Sam. “With your eyes, I can,” laughed Kate.
Below, Kate seeing baby Max, whom she described as “so sweet!”
The Standard reports that “when she was told the infant had been born the night before, the royal said: ‘My goodness, you must be exhausted.'” Rebecca’s reaction to all of the goings-on? 
Rebecca also said, “Our experience was that all the midwives made it as normal as possible – apart from the masks, it was exactly the same as when we had our first son Rafe, in 2015. The midwives at Kingston were amazing on both occasions.”
You may recall Kate spent two days at the Kingston Maternity Hospital in November. 
She also accompanied community midwives on home visits as part of her November training. Below, the Duchess with Kingston staff. 
In her Town and Country piece, Victoria Murphy reports: “…since the lockdown began, she has been speaking with parents, midwives, and experts to hear about the unique challenges that pregnant women, new mothers, and their families are currently facing.”
Below, a screengrab of a call the Duchess did with experts in the maternal mental health field during a roundtable discussion. 
The calls are in advance of the UK’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week starting tomorrow and running through the 10th, designed to create awareness of maternal mental health. 
The awareness week is a project of the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership and it is a grassroots effort run without any funding. From the organization’s Facebook page:
…the week has grown from a little idea to something that is now celebrated annually in the UK and beyond.
We all remember what it was like to be unwell . To wonder if recovery is possible, to think about how to access help and support.
We truly hope you find the week to be a source of help and support and of comfort.
Let’s Support Mums During Difficult Times.
2020 is also the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
In the first video we saw, the Duchess wore a sweater by Tabitha Webb.
It was the brand’s ‘Jessie’ Knit in Blue and White Chevron (£275, about $345 at today’s exchange rates) with thanks to Laura (@Japanese_Ginger on Twitter) for her very speedy ID. 
The sweater is a blend of 70% wool/30% cashmere and available for pre-order with up a four-week delivery window.
It looked like Kate was wearing the Daniella Draper hoops first seen in Ireland (minus the shamrock charms), as she did in March for the London Ambulance engagement.
For the roundtable discussion, Kate’s appeared to be wearing a Boden dress, the British brand’s Aurora Midi Wrap Dress in heron blue. 
The dress is made of a crinkly-textured viscose in a wrap-style design with three-quarter sleeves, gathers at the shoulders, a back yoke, self-belt that ties at the waist, a tiered skirt, and a length that hits mid-calf according to the product details. It is no longer available. Thank you to The Royal Ladies for pointing out it was this dress. The dress was first noted in a photo used for one of last year’s Christmas cards.
Kate’s earrings on this call look like a new pair and they are UFO.
You can see all of the call content here.
LINKAGE:
- The Perinatal Mental Health Partnership Facebook page is here; the Maternal Mental Health Alliance site is here and Twitter feed here
- Victoria Murphy’s Town and Country piece is here; A Hello! story about the calls is here; The Standard’s article is here;
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