“If you have rachmanus, you don’t need savlanus”
I read the story about the woman who had PPD after having twins and was wondering if there is a connection between PPD and our expectations of women after birth. Too many women have a need to look and be perfect so soon after a baby. So many go back to work soon after giving birth. Getting household help is sometimes looked down on. Also, so many women work hard at jobs and other venues until the moment they go into labor.
Maybe we need to do it differently?
When our children are weaker and need some help, we get right to work finding the right thing for them. But when a woman is weakened physically, emotionally, and hormonally from pre- and post-childbirth, why isn’t it the norm to get more cleaning help, a baby nurse, babysitting for the older children, meals, etc.?
Are we setting up Yiddishe mammas to struggle?
M.P.
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