I have been a SAHM and full-time uni student since my first baby was born almost 3yrs ago now, so I havent been in the full-time workforce since then. Recently I have been on full-time teaching rounds, as well as working a couple of casual jobs and still doing uni full time, and while they were hard to get used to at first, I found myself loving it and loving being back at work and doing something I really enjoyed and found important.

I will be a fulltime teacher from December this year, and cant wait. But I do feel a little guilty that I dont want to be home with the kids fulltime anymore...I know they will be fine with DH and Lucy will also be in kinder 3days per week which she loves, but I sometimes feel like maybe I should want to stay home, but its just not me.

I prefer to be running around doing way too many things at once and work best under pressure. I initially took 6months off uni when Lucy was born, but got so bored I was hanging to go back to uni.

A friend of mine has a young baby and her & her husband are struggling a bit for money, yet she refuses to go back to work at all because she has always wanted to be a SAHM. Even though they dont plan on having another baby for another 4yrs, she is still not going to work at all in the meantime, even though her mum is home and able to look after the baby if need be. This I can understand if she was happy with their financial situation, but she always whinges about it and wants her husband to find a better paying job and work overtime all the time. It bugs me and I have to bite my tongue because i cant undrestand her logic at all!!

Did anyone feel guilty that they were doing the opposite of what they thought they should be doing? ie. if you were working full time, did you feel bad about not being home, or if you were home full time, did you miss working and earning money? Is it a personal choice or is it based on finances?

Thanks
xxxCaz