“Mum, Mum. Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum. Mum. Mum … MUUUUUUUUUMMM!”
Modern mothers are expected to work until the very last moment of pregnancy. Like growing a human isn’t an exhausting job in itself. We are then meant to devote ourselves solely to our children and enjoy every single moment for exactly as long as we have paid parental leave.
Mothers are then expected to return to work force with gusto, contribute to economy and pretend nothing has changed – despite all of the software updates and pin codes changing in our absence.
What’s worse is that we expect it of ourselves.
I have a friend who was literally in labour at work, biked home (in labour) to give birth later that night. The next day, she felt bad because she had missed an important meeting.
A lot of women will identify a little too closely with this story (except the biking home in labour bit – because that is just… Read the rest