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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well I'm a working mom with a working husband and I think it's crazy that there is no mandatory paid maternity leave.  Having done it twice, I think going back to work at 6 or 8  or even 12 weeks postpartum is bad for the mother and bad for the baby.  And yes, I think women are entitled to assistance (financial and otherwise) during the immediate postpartum period.  
And it's bullshit to say, "It's a choice... you shouldn't have kids."  Okay. Right.  Only rich people, married people, people with college degrees, or people who put off having kids until 40 should have the right to procreate.  Everyone else can go live in a ditch with their baby.  Because we don't need another generation... it's optional.  Nonsense.[/quote]

I disagree.  A pp here.  I went back to work (teleworking) at 6 weeks and in the office at 9 weeks.  I even had a surgery, basically a repeat episiotomy at 6 weeks postpartum for my 2nd and I still went back to work at 9 weeks.

Unless you have some major complications, I had one but consider it fairly minor even though it was an outpatient surgery, I don't understand why you can't come back to work after 12 weeks.

I bf each kid for 12 months.  I pumped at work and while on travel and bf whenever I was home.

I'm not different than any other working mom, so I guess i have a hard time understanding the issue.  [/quote]

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