I think your Maternity Scheme just splendid. You will see by
accompanying form I have lost two of my four babies, and had a
miscarriage. If I had taken more care before birth, I quite believe
those children would have lived.
I have always had good health, and quite able to do my work up to the
last, but I think now it is quite wrong for the mother to try to do
_hard_ work a month or six weeks before or after. That means she wants
three months real care.
In my case before those two were born, I had to work harder than usual,
and the consequences were they were born delicate.
My two children that I have reared are strong and healthy, and I had
no troubles or worries or hard work before they were born. I could also
take things easy until they were six weeks old.
There is one other point; the mother who works and worries generally
loses the milk which is so necessary for the baby. If only mothers
could take it easy during that time, I am certain we could rear a much
better race. I often feel I shall be able to help my own daughter,
should she need it, for the mothers of the past were ignorant.
_Wages 26s. to 32s.; four children, one miscarriage._