Kate Middleton and Prince William are allegedly getting some help raising their newborn, Prince George. Rumors have it that the royal family has recruited the midwives that helped deliver George to aid in his care.

"Word in aristocratic circles is that the couple changed course after a few days and called for backup, possibly by tapping one of the midwives who assisted Kate at St. Mary's Hospital in London," reports People.

Earlier, it appeared that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wanted to be very independent in taking care of Prince George.

"I am as independent as I want to be, same as Catherine and Harry," Prince William said in an interview with CNN. "We've all grown up differently to other generations, and I very much feel if that I can do it myself. I want to do it myself."

The Prince was so serious about this that he changed Prince George's first diaper...or as William likes to call it, "nappy."

"I did the first nappy," he said. "It's a badge of honor. I wasn't allowed to get away with that. I had every midwife staring at me, saying, 'You do it, you do it.'"

Despite this, it is rumored that the family is now getting assistance from midwives. A People source, however, says this is not uncommon.

"It is very common for members of the royal family to see the same midwife through the pregnancy, at the birth and then for that midwife to stay on for postnatal care," Sarah Dixon, a London-based maternity nurse, told People. "It means it will be someone Kate knows and trusts."

The royal family recently released their first public family portraits.

Two portraits were released on Monday by the Kensington Palace. The pictures were taken in early August by Kate's father, Michael Middleton. The scenery was the family's temporary residence of Bucklebury, England. The royal family will stay in the Bucklebury estate until they move to their permanent residence of Kensington Palace in London.

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