Except of course if you happen to be a Media suit of the year. Either we know how to pick them or it's in the water at Grey Global Group offices.
Here's another tale to match Paul Gardner's heroics: Grey's Southeast Asia president, Chris Leong has a second baby son, Aidan, and is back at work in four days.
Never mind post-natal hormones, Leong turned her Kuala Lumpur home into a temporary office and immediately called for a three-hour meeting with staff to review pitch submissions. More meetings followed in addition to almost continuous communication with staff via email and phone.
The fact that her home is across the road from Grey's office helped greatly.
Still, we're amazed. Husband Greg Paull, principal of client/agency relationship consultancy R3, was equally amazed. "I can't believe it. Grey's office is just a hundred metres away from us and we have executives traipsing to our house with creative and strategic briefs in hand," he notes.
For Leong's secretary, a stay-at-home working boss meant she was running a virtual marathon, sprinting from office to home with documents, even setting up in and out trays to try to replicate her real office.
A quick return to business is nothing new for Grey's superwoman. When she gave birth to her first son Jonah two years ago during her stint as Bates Hong Kong managing director, she had to deal with a crisis while still in hospital.
"I did manage to take a month off that time," she recalls.
As for having more kids, Leong says: "Three boys are enough - Jonah, Aidan and... Greg."