Comment on classmate blog #2

https://misguidedtruth.blogspot.com/2019/05/are-babies-getting-short-end-of-stick.html

I found this blog to be very interesting and informative. Using numbers makes this more eye-catching for the reader. I agree with the author because some women are single mothers or mothers to be and having no pay for maternity leave is hard especially because if they don’t have any medical insurance the cost to have their baby will be very high especially here in Austin. Just a story of my experience with a hospital bill: Last year in October I took my husband to the Emergency room because of a very sharp pain he had in his stomach to the point where he could not walk or move. They did a cat scan, x-rays, ultrasound, blood work and he ended up having pancreatitis so he was admitted to the hospital we had to stay 24 hours. For all of the test and fluids, they gave him our hospital bill was $24,800. That is so much money and we could not afford that. Imagine being in a hospital for 3-4 day to have a baby the bill will be very high especially if there are complications where more things are needed. On top of the hospital bill, they will receive different bills for different doctors that attended them during the process. Maternity leave should be paid because like I mentioned some women don’t have the support of the babies father and they don’t have insurance because it is also very expensive. If maternity leave was paid moms would not be so stressed about bills. Mothers should also spend more than 6 weeks with their newborn baby. I think that jobs should also extend maternity leave time because it is healthy for the mommy and baby. To conclude this, jobs should pay maternity leave and extend the time period they can be gone from work.