A new mum has branded NHS health chiefs 'sexist' after receiving a letter on how to get her figure back just days after giving birth.
Louise Goulden was stunned after receiving the 'damaging' letter from her health trust which told her she would be 'anxious to get her figure back' following the birth of her second baby.
The outdated letter reads: "Now that your baby has been born you will be anxious to get your figure back.
" DO START STRAIGHT AWAY . It gets harder the longer you wait. Begin by doing some very big breathes in and out, taking the air right down to your waist."
The mum-of-two wrote her own letter in response to complain to the board, before taking to Twitter to expose the dumbfounding letter.
She said: "Finally written my letter of complaint to the hospital about this ‘advice’ in my discharge papers when my daughter was born. For the avoidance of doubt, she was born in 2020, not 1950. #everydaysexism.
"I’m a second time mum and was feeling emotionally well, so was lucky enough to feel indignant at it, rather than it causing anxiety, depression, self-hatred or any other nasty things that other women will have been at risk of.
"And this is from healthcare professionals - who we literally put our lives in the hands of.
"Want to stress it’s a v small minority of them (most of mine were excellent), but it only takes one comment or piece of trash advice to do lasting damage."
Lousie's post received hundreds of likes and comments from other mums who had been at the receiving end of 'crass' and insensitive comments from healthcare professionals.
One said: "After losing our eldest son at 21 weeks after my waters broke early, a doctor said to me this was ‘for the best’ as if he’d survived he’d likely have lots of health problems. There’s no ‘best’ about losing a child. It’s just a uniformly s**t situation."
Another added: " In 2008 after an emergency csection and nearly losing my son, i was told that i would need to work even harder to get rid of my bump. Thankyou doctor its just what I needed to hear."
After reading the comments from other women, Louise was asked what she would hope to achieve and she added: "For no other woman to have this thrust into her hands at possibly the most vulnerable time in her life. Not going to stop until I know that'll happen."
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