New mothers ‘are not given enough care’, need better support
Published in The Australian Jewish News
March 15, 2021
“Women are suffering emotionally,” says Raizel Fogel – but she is doing something about it.
While she may be best known in the community as one half of the couple that owns kosher catering business Eshel, Fogel has dedicated a whole part of her life to caring for women in the days immediately after giving birth following their discharge from hospital.
And as a doula for almost 20 years, the mother of six, grandmother of 44 and great-grandmother of four, knows a thing or two.
Noting that women who experience uncomplicated births are now sent home as early as six hours after delivery in the public system, Fogel recognised a dire need to provide post-natal support – and she does so from her own pocket.