Did you laugh when you read that headline? I certainly laughed when I wrote it. I didn't laugh because I don't believe it to be true, but I laughed because I don't know anyone in the United States who can afford to do this, short of true medical emergencies with their pregnancies. The study that we're talking about here, was done in Norway, where they have excellent parental leave policies in place. This has had to have played a part in the findings, so much so that I think for my purposes, that's the bigger story - why don't we have leave in pregnancy?
Why do pregnant women take leave? This study showed that the further a long you were, the more likely you were to be using some leave. They also pointed out the various times in length versus commonality, so for example, while only 2% of mothers in the study took leave for depression or anxiety, their leave periods tended to be longer. | |
According to Moms Rising, paid time off for parents can decrease infant mortality, and yet 51% of mothers have no paid leave, while the other 49% are cobbling together various bits of leave from sick time to vacation to pooled leave (if available).
Talk to us in the comments. What was your leave availability? What did you take? What would have made your pregnancy or even merely postpartum easier or even healthier? Did your partner get any leave?
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Source:
Signe K. Dorheim, Bjorn Bjorvatn, Malin Eberhard-Gran. Sick leave during pregnancy: a longitudinal study of rate and risk factors in a Norwegian population. BJOG 2012; 10.1111/1471-0528.12035
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Study Says Moms Need Two Months Sick Leave in Pregnancy originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 at 23:41:11.
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