The Village doesn't exist!

A few weeks ago I had an overwhelming response to my question on Instagram regarding support after birth, thank you to all of you who shared your stories.
I really appreciate how difficult it can be to talk about the early weeks of having a newborn, with an almost PTSD like feeling when you open up that can of worms. So many stories had me in tears, mad and frustrated that so many are unsupported after childbirth.

The thing that blows my mind, is that the support that so many of us craved after birth wasn’t really outrageous, no crazy requests for a live-in nanny or cook, no day spa requests, not even some alone time; most mum's just crave some basic things:
-Additional checks at home for mum and bub (especially for c-section mama’s who can’t drive to appointments duh).
-Someone to hold their baby so they could have a shower
-Sleep support.
-Help entertaining additional children or a hand to tidy up around the house

The two main requests though:

⚫️Emotional/mental support.
⚫️Lactation support.

Really? Why are we not supporting mother with these two very basic yet fundamental factors of caring for a new baby?!!? Why are we only dealing with this shit once they become ‘problems’?!?
Blah blah‘ It takes a village’ blah… fucking oath it does! But who actually has a village nowadays? It's a lovely notion but it’s simply doesn’t work in the world we live in, especially at the moment- people don’t have family nearby, grandparents are working later into life unable to help out, friends and family live on the other side of the country, sometimes even in other countries. Mothers are drowning in a haze of wounded nipples, sleep deprivation and an overwhelming sense of what the actual fuck have I done!??!
I don’t know what the answer is, but I know the current system isn’t working.

Whats the answer?