The Countries Protecting Mothers — And the Ones Still Failing Them

While Nordic Nations Give Mothers Time to Heal, Recover, and Keep Their Jobs, the So-Called Richest Country on Earth Still Forces Millions of Women to Choose Between Childbirth and Financial Survival.

A Swedish mom and daughter. Credit: The Women Post Images.

For many women, childbirth is not the end of physical recovery.

It is the beginning of it.

Weeks or months after giving birth, many mothers are still bleeding. Many are surviving on almost no sleep. Some are recovering from emergency C-sections that leave them barely able to stand comfortably. Othe…