American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyResearchers looked at data from 62 independent studies from 33 countries, which looked at 196,989 different women, dating as far back as 1960.
The study also showed that a woman who works more than 40 hours a week while pregnant has a 21 per cent higher chance of going into preterm delivery and a 38 per cent higher risk of miscarriage. "At 35 weeks, although I felt like maybe I could keep going, I was like ‘that’s enough’. I don’t need a preterm baby," said Haley Ives, a hospital nurse.
“We’ve tried to build into our collective agreement some protections to at least minimize the dangers involved," Harrigan said.
The maternity leave system is set up in a way that encourages pregnant employees to work longer hours in the lead up to their leave, as it increases the amount of money they’ll receive once they’re on leave. It’s counterintuitive to the point of maternity leave.
And this is a surprise? How much money did they spend on this study? Any human with a brain could have told them this for free!
That’s typically why men worked. You know. Work. Absolutely horrific things men do to ensure their wife and child are safe while they slave away to make sure they are provided for. Now that this is sexist, you are shocked that it’s dangerous for pregnant women to do this?