I heard this story about the shortest maternity leave ever on the radio yesterday on the way to work and just had to go online to read more about it. The basketball coach for the University of Nebraska-Kearney gave birth Monday night. Five hours later, she was at the game!
Granted, her team was playing in the NCAA II regional championships, and she wasn’t coaching. But she did attend the game to lend moral support and cheer on the team from the sidelines. So this is more a case of just loving what she does, and not wanting to miss a big moment in her team’s history. I can understand the sentiment behind it. After I gave birth to Aric, I was raring to go in just a few hours, too, so it’s not unheard of to be out and about so soon after delivering a baby. You don’t hear about it every day, though, that’s for sure! Now if this chick had gone back to say, an office job, after 5 hours of giving birth, I’d have to wonder about her mental state.
[tags]NCAA championships, pregnancy, maternity leave[/tags]
I gave birth in Japan, where there’s a mandatory five-day hospital stay afterwards. I was going NUTS by that time, so five hours sounds pretty good to me!!
I am assuming she could stand upright and actually walk after giving birth or did they wheel her in?
wow! 5 hours!!! still sore down there. can’t hardly walk. tought woman she is. :)