My sister wasn’t even fully healed by the 12-week mark after her firstborn. Fortunately we live in Canada and have 12 months parental leave at 55% salary and jobs are protected. It’s inhumane to force new mothers back to work so soon or basically face unemployment.
In the UK I’m coming to the end of my 20weeks paid parental leave (admittedly this is generous, but still not crazy).
The US sounds awful.
My sister wasn’t even fully healed by the 12-week mark after her firstborn. Fortunately we live in Canada and have 12 months parental leave at 55% salary and jobs are protected. It’s inhumane to force new mothers back to work so soon or basically face unemployment.