Q&A With Sydney Grove
HE’S WORKED IN the SA Navy and on the mines in the Free State; he’s even dabbled in radio and broadcasting. He was the first South African male clinical tutor to teach midwifery in South Africa. And when renowned local midwife Sydney Grove walks into a room beaming with warmth and friendliness, it’s easy to see how he’s endeared himself to 25 000 moms and their babies for close to 40 years.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A MALE MIDWIFE?
When I was four years old, my mother caught me in the garden cutting open dead chameleons. Apparently, I was dissecting them because I was looking for their babies.
Even though I didn’t
