"Of course the mother doesn't HAVE to take time off - just do a planned c section on a Saturday and she can be back to work on Monday."
This isn't based on reality. Recovery time for a c-section is a week or two at least (planned or emergency). I would think 5-6 weeks before anyone would be talking about going back to work.
It's a major surgery.
Only way you could do a Saturday delivery and back to work on Monday is if you were a superhero and dropped the baby the classic way early AM Saturday.
One way I heard it described (from a medical student, years back), a c-section is like cutting up your thigh muscle (or other major muscle), you ain't gonna move for a while.
>Only way you could do a Saturday delivery and back to work on Monday is if you were a superhero and dropped the baby the classic way early AM Saturday.
Superheroes aren't based in reality. The only way humans could fly is if they weighed 80% less and had big wings.
Seriously have you ever heard of satire? This whole thread seems like a bunch of people just waiting for a chance to tout their in-depth knowledge of c-sections. And that it's flagged now is a shame, considering GP was clearly being hyperbolic to make a point about corporate/work culture.
> Of course the mother doesn't HAVE to take time off - just do a planned c section on a Saturday and she can be back to work on Monday.
This is a joke, right?
I'm a woman who had a C-section baby. I'm also super tough (not that that should matter here.) There was no way I'd be able to go back to work in 48 hours after a major surgery like that. I was in the hospital for 2 days past my surgery, then had 5+ days at home until I was even able to get out of bed and move around easily.
It was 4-5 weeks until I felt fully recovered again, and that's also counting the fact that we had my husband's sister who flew out to help us for a week (for which I am eternally grateful!) and a nanny after that. In other words, this was a pretty privileged situation compared to what many mothers go through.
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not immune to satire (as opposed to apparently everyone else who replied just to vent their offendedness) and I understood your critique of the typical American 'work or die' mentality.
I thought we had it pretty good here in Austria, but this 75%-time deal in Sweden sounds great!
It's almost as if their government decided that happy lives matter more then happy stockbrokers.
1st half of your post: you should be ashamed of yourself. You shoud print that on a t-shirt and wear it for the next 3 months every time you meet friends (if you got any) and family (if they are still talking to you). For your safety don't wear it around people you don't know. And especially don't wear it in Europe. We don't like that.
2nd half of your post: Don't copy Sweden, because Sweden is Sweden. See what other progressive countries do (like Sweden, UK, France, Poland, Germany, Canada, etc), and pick and choose the parts that would make for a good plan both for the People and is financially viable. But your thought are not bad at all.
Edit: if you haven't noticed, in HN we (the people) prefer comments that excite dialogue, even if/especially when we disagree. But the 1st half of your post just made me hate you. Don't do this to us (and to yourself)
Ps: my wife had C-section. You know, women don't have C-sections "for fun" or "to avoid the pain", there are significant medical reasons that force a 'birth' like that, to safeguard the life of the mother and/or the baby.
Since I consider myself part of HN, please don't speak for me, since you're obviously incapable of understanding the most blatant satire and clearly have no business in telling people what to do or how they should feel about themselves.
EDIT: And telling people you hate them based on a comment they made on an internet-forum? Get real man!
