Midwife pens graphic guide to childbirth

For many women, childbirth can be a stressful and confusing experience. The situation is worse if communication is difficult - such as if the mother speaks a foreign language, or is unable to hear or speak.

Zhang Xin, a midwife at the Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, has come up with a solution - a graphic booklet that shows the preparatory steps and processes during childbirth.

The 24-year-old, who graduated from the Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2014, drew the cartoons herself.