Thanks for your message Lucy, amazing that in this day and age that companies can get away with this kind of thing. It's as if once you are a "mum" you cease to be a viable employee. In the department where I worked, there were no mothers (in fact, only two out of the eight women there were married or partnered, myself included), and the managers were all fathers but their wives were stay at home mums. They said to me that I would be too busy being a mum to want to work, but surely that's my perogative, isn't it? When I asked about part-time or flexi work after the babe was born (of course, would have to be reemployed to get this) was told that I could probably get work as a teller! Nothing against bank tellers, but I was a Senior Credit Analyst and have been in management positions, was last a teller when 18 and am now 37!

Anyway, have planned to start up as a mortgage broker part time due to the flexibility of working from home. I have another 11 months to take the bank to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, where they have said I definately have a case, so I will think about this and if I feel it will not affect my career adversily maybe I will "stick it up them" and cause a fuss.

BTW, your pictures of Olivia are gorgeous, love the site. Hope all is well. I am now 5 days overdue so feeling this babe is never going to arrive!