You should be able to take time to recover and bond with baby, without worrying about your job or money.
When I had my first child, I worked for a large company that offered three months of paid leave. My son—a preemie—had to stay in the NICU for a month, and having that financial security certainly lifted some of the pressure off my fraught entry into motherhood. Still, I wonder: What would I have done during the scariest time of my life if I had to worry about the health of my babya paycheck? I was lucky. So many women I know are not.
Most of us are at the mercy of our employers, praying they’re benevolent enough to see the value in allowing us to care for our babies. New parents deserve and need much more than that. It’s shameful. If being a parent is one of the most important roles one can have, then why isn’t there more support offered?
It’s not just about bonding with baby, though that is critically important. Pregnancy and birth are hard on the body. During the delivery of my second child, I started hemorrhaging; I ended up needing surgery to stop the bleeding. It was unexpected, of course, but it made my recuperation that much harder. While most pregnancies are healthy,
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