Officially halfway through maternity leave (6wks).
How do women return to work at this point or even earlier???
My body is still healing.
Showers are rare, meals eaten cold, sleep not happening.
What we do to postpartum women in the US is insane & inhumane.
I walked in a shoe store that resembled Payless.
It reminded me of how my mama would make me try on the shoes and walk down the aisle only to ask "how they feel?" while checking to see where my big toe was 😂
This cannot be overstated. After countless studies have shown the importance of racial and ethnic concordance in clinical care, this decision doesn’t just impact individuals but entire communities.