Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Any thoughts on this subject perhaps. Are we 'modern' women (;o) )going
>back to business after delivery too quickly and if so does this reflect
>in the number of women going into depression. Are there other post-natal
>traditions perhaps.
When this topic comes up in real life, my wife inevitably says something
like::
"In agrarian societies, pregnant women get back to work immediately.
Basically, squat in the field and deliver, then bundle up the kid and resume
working."
Obviously, she's exagerating just a tiny bit. :)
Her impression from limited amounts of research is that the trauma of
childbirth (both in the days before, during the event, and the days after)
is a cultural affectation, and "western women are wimps".
That said, we don't have any kids yet, so feel free to rip her lack of
personal experience apart. I'll mention a topic of interest is back on the
list and see if she'll hop back on.
Joshua
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