Health

My second child was an unplanned c-section.

He was born late Thursday morning and the hospital booted me out Saturday morning. I couldn’t even stand up straight from the damn scar. Hubby went back to work Monday. I had a three year old at home as well. No nurse, nobody, ever called to check on me. I have read in some other countries your universal health insurance will provide a home helper/LPN to assist new mothers for two weeks after birth. Being a new mother in America so much of the time you’re really left on your own to figure things out. Even when you have family around like this woman in the article, things can go sideways fast and nobody knows what to do. Women, especially high risk women, belong in the hospital at least a week after giving birth. Of course the insurance companies will scream it costs too much and they have to make a profit.

On edit: I second your fury at men who think giving birth is no big deal and want to force it on us against our will when they have zero idea of the very real risks, it is trauma to a woman’s body and can seriously affect a woman’s health permanently. Those bozos really need to STFU!