I just found this thread. I too am thinking about what to do when my maternity leave is finished. I am due to return to work in January. I work for a car rental company and did work for a franchise in its admin department. However, since I have been on maternity leave, my boss has sold the business back to the corporation. While they have to guarantee me a full time position, I am not sure what the role would be if I went back.
We cannot afford for me to be a SAHM full time while DF is the sole wage earner. And unfortunately we do not qualify for a whole lot of family assistance money. And we are paying off a mortgage. I would love to be a WAHM but not sure of what i can do.
Childcare costs would probably eat a huge chunk out of my wage. Even though 50% is now tax deductable, you dont get it back until tax time.

Would sure be nice if there was an easy answer to this. And I too agree that I do not want to miss out on anything DD does. She is changing every day.