Sometimes they even do the housework, so mothers can rest and enjoy their free time.

"My mother is resting in peace because she knows I've done nothing to be ashamed of."

But the girls were taken to the same nursery while their mothers rested.

My mother seemed a little better, and had rested well, she told me.

Often the nurses reported that my mother was resting comfortably, and I don't doubt them.

I knew she trusted me to see him safe, but no mother in such circumstances would rest until reunited with her child.

Her mother was resting on the sofa, reading a magazine.

Ask your grandmother how long mothers of her generation rested after having their babies.

"I have to tell you about the handkerchiefs, or my mother will never rest," she said.

Your poor mother, God rest her soul, what would she think?