Grief does not arrive with a timetable. Mine arrived the day before I was due to start a new job, when my mum died at 65. I did what I suspect many women do. I carried on. I went back to work, answered emails and tried to be useful, while quietly falling apart. It took me rather longer than I care to admit to realise that keeping busy is not the same thing as coping.
POSTPARTUM FITNESS Why are women so quickly expected to return to a body that no longer exists? Six weeks after giving birth, women are often told they can start thinking…
