No, absolutely not, which is, again, why I feel so strongly about it and why I'm here. I've seen literally hundreds of families navigate this and be forced to go back to work. Again, like I said, I was privileged enough to be in a financial situation.... I had a partner who was able to sustain the household financially, so I was able to go back to work at my own pace. However, a lot of families, especially now—that was 13 years ago—do not have that privilege.
I wasn't being hyperbolic when I said that I fear for the lives of a lot of them, because it is not.... A couple of weeks is not sufficient. That excerpt I read to you was eight weeks later, and the emotions were still almost as fresh as on day one. Even just speaking from a biological perspective, I think the hormonal shift that happens postpartum really needs to be taken into consideration here. I understand that not every parent is going to be a biological parent, but I think it is a factor that needs to be considered. Those physical, biological, hormonal changes happen, and the time that it takes for your body to finish adjusting to that is not impacted by the death of your child, at least not in an expeditious way.
