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back to work 5 days after c-section

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 09:27

She IS back at work today!

It was comfirmed in the French news this morning (RTL Radio) that she was indeed due back to work this afternoon.

Anyone thinking that it is not really serving the cause of women (asside from not being a very good idea medically) or am I out of order? I am not quite sure what she is trying to achieve as her reasons is not likely to be "because she needs the money" which I could probably undertand better, although it would still sadden me thad she'd have to.

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KingHerodNametaken · 07/01/2009 09:36

She's probably got a rich husband and an army of staff. I hate women like this. Do they do it to make the rest of us look lazy?

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 09:54

She is single, but being a Minister of state, she probably doeas not live in total misery.

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Upwind · 07/01/2009 09:56

a few possibilities

  • publicity stunt
  • dedication to the public she serves
  • postnatal psychosis
midnightexpress · 07/01/2009 10:03

Wouldn't be legal in the UK would it? I am surprised that it's legal in France.

randomcupsoftea · 07/01/2009 10:04

Who's the father? - check out the press sepculation!

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 10:07

As postnatal psychosis (just had to google it)
postnatal psychosis

Possible because they say symptoms start in thefirst ten days, but the article suggest to me the decision to have a very short maternity leave was made before the child was born.

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PaulaatMummyKnowsBest · 07/01/2009 10:11

poor baby

sitdownpleasegeorge · 07/01/2009 10:23

Just to play devil's advocate.....

if her full time occupation was SAHM would anyone be kicking up a fuss over her having to do all the housework, care for older children and a baby ?

there are women out there for whom that is a reality but they are hidden away in the home.

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 10:46

After a c section yes!

Having had for children, none of them with a cesarienne I am one of these women who go home straight after giving birth and get stuck back into things very quickly, but if I feel like haveng a nap or leaving the dishes in the think until I feel up to it, nobody will have anything to say about it.

From What I have beeen told by friends who actually had a section, it is all but minor surgery. On top of it getting active in my house is not quite the issue, there also is a tiny baby to consider, we can NEVER EVER make our children become babies again because we "missed it "the first time round she will regret it soon or later IMO.

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 10:48

Four DCs, even!

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flimflammum · 07/01/2009 10:51

My guess is she is in denial. C-section is a major physical, psychological and emotional trauma (in my experience anyway), especially if an emergency one. There seems to be this conspiracy to minimize the effects of it. I was amazed in hospital not to even get a leaflet about how to care for the wound, what you can and can't do, recovery time, etc. You've had your abdomen cut open with a knife ffs!

muppetgirl · 07/01/2009 10:52

I love the way that it is stressed that she would be taking less than week's maternity leave and was indeed working from her hospital bed as if it were 'how dare you take time off to have baby! If the situation was reversed and this were a man he would tucked up in bed recouperating for as long as it took to get better. I feel very sorry that she thinks this should be an option and I am even more for the baby who has lost the warmth of mum's tummy and is with some stranger that she doesn't even know. I totally undertsnad you need to do what you need to do in order to survive but this really goes against the grain imo.

muppetgirl · 07/01/2009 10:54

...and yes, at home you would 'work' both physically and mentally but you would be near your baby should they need you.

Northernlurker · 07/01/2009 11:02

we don't actually know that she is leaving her baby in order to carry out her job though do we?

TheCrackFox · 07/01/2009 11:03

I got home 4 days after having a C-section and had to stack the dishwasher, look after baby, and put a wash on. I had no help. Would have been a lot easier to have had a nanny and a cleaner and swanned off back to work.

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 11:14

Point taken, I will research that!

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 11:28

I couldn't find any mention in the press of wether or not she keeps the baby with her or not but:

"Cinq jours seulement après avoir accouché d'une petite fille, Rachida Dati reprend déjà le chemin de la vie politique : la Garde des sceaux va sortir de la clinique mercredi matin et se rendra dans la foulée au Conseil des ministres, puis à la présentation des v?ux du Président aux parlementaires et aux conseillers de Paris, avant d'assister dans l'après-midi à une remise de décorations à l'ambassade d'Espagne, puis à la rentrée solennelle de la Cour de cassation !"

"5 days only after giving birth to a little girl, Rachida Dati on her way back to her political life: She will come out of hospital on Wednesday morning to go straight to the Council of ministers, then to the presentation of new year presidential wishes to the Parlementaries and the Paris Concillors, before assisting in a decoration awards at the spanish embassy, then she'll take part in the solemnel opening of the Court of Cassation."

If she can do all that properly, with a baby in tow she is bionic!

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TheCrackFox · 07/01/2009 11:34

If she is doing all that with the baby with her she is not bionic but an idiot and will have a nervous breakdown.

The nanny will be working harder, no doubt.

expatinscotland · 07/01/2009 11:39

happens often enough in the US, where there is not much in the way of paid maternity leave.

quite routine for mothers to go back to work a fortnight after giving birth.

FioFio · 07/01/2009 11:45

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wasabipeanut · 07/01/2009 11:45

Goodness me. I get rather annoyed with very high profile women who seem to compete for the "who can get back to work quickest?" title. It doesn't really do anyone any favours apart from the whole patriarchal ecopolitical system. Pah.

Although the point made by sitdownpleasegeorge is a fair one.

I sure as hell couldn't have done much economically or politically useful activity 5 days after my cs. But then I am definitely one of life's betas!

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Gorionine · 07/01/2009 11:46

a foutnight is not 5 days, and as you mentionned there is not much maternity leave pay, so it is for monetary reasons and they do probably Not have that much choice. i think Ms Dati does not have such money worries. I might be wrong, maybe she was badly hit by the credit crunch!

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expatinscotland · 07/01/2009 11:49

yes, a fortnight is not 5 days, but there are plenty who go back in such time, yes, even after a csection.

a fortnight is more routine, but it's not at all unheard of for one work week, 5 days, and then back at it.

BabyBaby123 · 07/01/2009 11:53

i find that really sad - that she feels the need to prove herself like this. Weird and sad.

MrsBoo · 07/01/2009 11:59

I went back to work exactly one week after a CS (my second). No choice really, run a small business, and was able to take baby with me for the first few months.
It is not always as simple as getting a replacment or sub to fill in for you.