Anyone else listen to the feature on post natal rcovery and care this morning, notice that breastfeeding was not even mentioned? They were on about a 6 week recovery period, which I had no notion of... I was always told by my mw and hv that it takes 9 month to gestate a baby, and another 9 month to recover. There was no analysis of physiological changes such as shrinking uterus, establishing breastfeeding, rediness for resumption of sexual intercourse and menstrual cycles. instead it was discussion of women comparing themselves to media portrayal of celebrities. Whilst the media issue is important, challenging it would be for more sucessful if we were informed from a more factual speaker.
I am annoyed by the superficial way these issues are sometimes treated on women's hour, and don't often listen to it.....won't be switching on again for a while...