A mom who worked from her laptop immediately after her C-section is urging other working parents to rethink the pressure they put on themselves.

Sophie Sherief ( @divamedialtd ), 37, shared a viral TikTok reflecting on her near-immediate return to work after the birth of her daughter. From her hospital bed, she asked her mom for her work laptop. The clip, which shows her children playing in the kitchen, has racked up more than 1.1 million views. She reflected on her refusal to take a break. "It used to feel iconic. Now? It just makes me ache. Because I missed maternity leave completely," she captioned the post.

"My real red-flag moment was realizing that it wasn’t normal for my mom to be bringing my laptop to the hospital right after a C-section and major abdominal surger

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