How much does it cost for a working woman to have a baby?

Do you know how costly it is for women in the workplace to have children?

Myolie Wu said on the show that she had not played a leading female role for a long time. After the end of "Actor 2", she received invitations from 5 dramas, but she had to turn down the contract because of her pregnancy. Many times women lose opportunities for career development due to childbirth, but Myolie Wu said: "We should be grateful. We should not feel that we have not received anything else after we have received it. Then you will never be satisfied."

Myolie Wu chose the latter between career and having a third child. It seems that even if she is a child, she cannot escape the issue of balancing childbirth and career development. If it were you, how would you choose?

Some people say that women’s career life is short and the price they pay for childbirth is also high. Listening to Myolie Wu share about life choices at the age of 40 in "Send a Hundred Girls Home", I have a deep understanding. The cruelty of the workplace is probably the same as the cruelty of the entertainment industry. Not all good opportunities will be waiting for you, nor will they. There's always a chance. Just like Myolie Wu, she has been promoted to five dramas due to her pregnancy and has not played a female lead in a long time. If she waits for the next good luck, she may have to do it all over again, so for that good opportunity, she can only keep working hard.

Some people also think that as a woman, due to various factors, she will inevitably have to take on more social roles, so sometimes she has to work hard in the workplace. The cost of childbearing for women in the workplace is extremely high. Many people start to make concessions for childbearing at work as soon as they have the intention to have children. Pre-pregnancy check-up, pre-pregnancy environment, work intensity, etc. When you are pregnant, if you are healthy and energetic, you can still continue to work.

After you give birth to a baby, you need to take care of it. From infancy to junior high school and high school, according to the current social situation, most women are responsible for some of the trivial things in raising children. In this case, it will be more difficult to engage in labor-intensive work or work that requires a lot of time.

Not only that, even during pregnancy, you often need to take time off for prenatal check-ups. You can take maternity leave at home for half a year after giving birth. You also have one hour of breastfeeding leave per day for half a year during maternity leave at work. Various vaccinations and routine physical examinations during the child's first year of life. It’s also very difficult to take time off even if you go to the hospital when you’re sick!