Why I wrote ITV's Maternal – and why we can't let working mothers down ✒️ JacquiHM for ipaperviews
Sitting down to watch the first episode ofair on ITV involved significantly less stitches than giving birth but came with a similar feeling of accomplishment, relief and exhaustion.
I put it down to the initial shock of returning, but when things didn’t dramatically improve I shared my experience with friends . As we traded stories of trying to pump breastmilk in cleaning cupboards, sleep deprivation, childcare costs, endless rounds of illnesses, rows with our partners and decimated professional confidence, I laughed and realised I wasn’t alone.
As someone working in the arts, I was humbled by my friend returning to work to treat very sick newborns just months after having her own. I was in awe of the doctors adding a week of night shifts onto their already disrupted sleep pattern. I blinked away tears when my friend told me that becoming a mother had made her a better doctor.. It was supposed to be used as a stage play, but later became an ITV series.
Women are being forced out of the labour market at an alarming rate. Research from LinkedIn found thatsaid they’d consider leaving, or have already left a role, due to the lack of flexibility.
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