[mattbeckman]

"Of course the mother doesn't HAVE to take time off - just do a planned c section on a Saturday and she can be back to work on Monday."

This isn't based on reality. Recovery time for a c-section is a week or two at least (planned or emergency). I would think 5-6 weeks before anyone would be talking about going back to work.

It's a major surgery.

Only way you could do a Saturday delivery and back to work on Monday is if you were a superhero and dropped the baby the classic way early AM Saturday.

[19870213]

One way I heard it described (from a medical student, years back), a c-section is like cutting up your thigh muscle (or other major muscle), you ain't gonna move for a while.

[Joe-Z]

>Only way you could do a Saturday delivery and back to work on Monday is if you were a superhero and dropped the baby the classic way early AM Saturday.

Superheroes aren't based in reality. The only way humans could fly is if they weighed 80% less and had big wings.

Seriously have you ever heard of satire? This whole thread seems like a bunch of people just waiting for a chance to tout their in-depth knowledge of c-sections. And that it's flagged now is a shame, considering GP was clearly being hyperbolic to make a point about corporate/work culture.