This Pregnant Woman Was Made To Finish A Meeting While Being In Labour

For most women, giving birth to a child is an exceedingly rewarding phenomenon but it is also one of the most painful procedure. A woman goes through an excruciating level of pain and struggles to bring a child into the world.

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From regular discomfort to the utmost pain during labour, a woman's struggle is beyond comprehension. But the best thing about a modern woman now is that she can handle her professional and personal life with ease.

However, if she is pregnant and is working continuously, there should be some level of understanding from the company she works at, right? I mean, the woman is bringing a full-fledged human on Earth.
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But looks like some companies are just outright cruel and straight-up lack humanity.

Case in point, a tweet was shared by a Twitter user by the name of Christina who shared how her friend was made to finish a board meeting while she went into labour and her water broke. Not just that, she had to finish the entire meeting while being en route to the hospital in excruciating pain.

Friend's water broke during a board meeting.

She says, "I need to go to the hospital my water just broke!"

Lead investor from well known fund says, "Ok, but can we finish the meeting first?"

She finished the board meeting in the car while en route to the hospital.

WTF.

¡ª Christine Carrillo (@ChristineCarril) May 21, 2021

Obviously, people were taken aback by this gruesome behaviour by the company and many dissed this action.

Yooooooo. This is disgusting. We need to call folks out for this crap. People need to know to never take money from this investor

¡ª Mac the VC (@MacConwell) May 21, 2021

Are you saying your friend was coerced into completing a board meeting or your friend chose to finish a board meeting despite going into labour? I really want to respect her choice/decision but I don't know what it is..

¡ª Jason Andrade (@jasonandrade) May 22, 2021

We need a detailed list of who was in the mtg. That nobody stood up to him is appalling (as is his contemptible behavior)

¡ª Ed Zimmerman (@EdGrapeNutZimm) May 22, 2021

After reading this post, many women shared how they were treated by their companies during pregnancy and all the replies were gut-wrenching.

I had an investor ask me to keep a meeting hours after my dad died. I literally followed the vehicle carrying his body back into town and kept the meeting. Because when you¡¯re underfunded and underrepresented you don¡¯t have the luxury of saying ¡°due to personal reasons ...¡±

¡ª Lisa Abeyta (@LisaAbeyta) May 21, 2021

I worked the entire day I was in labor with my daughter - meetings all day (kept post it notes of how far apart my contractions were) - then went to the hospital an hour after my last meeting to give birth. This happens in the startup world and corporations. It¡¯s appalling.

¡ª Katica Roy (@katicaroy) May 22, 2021

I went into premature labor during a meeting with a PM from a major asset management firm. I literally sat in the meeting and grit my teeth until it was done then rushed myself to the hospital. I didn't want to make a scene ???¡â?

¡ª Shana Orczyk Sissel (@shanas621) May 22, 2021

I was surprisingly very calm. It broke early morning. Hubs was sleeping. Contractions were 25 min apart and not strong at all. I managed to finalize my task and send it to my team leader, who said later he didn¡¯t expect it at all. I also packed a lot of food for some reason...

¡ª Aunt Motya (@auntmotya388) May 22, 2021

Being pregnant itself is a struggle for a woman. Thus, laws providing maternity leaves is a must in every country. India recently made 26 weeks of paid maternity leaves mandatory making pregnancy much easier for working women in the country.
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