I put in a request to work part-time and it has taken ages for them to get back to me. Little did I know that they were just checking whether legally they can refuse my request. So they have, it is full-time or nothing. I was really looking forward to going back to work and I thought that working four days was fair but it isn't good enough for them. So do I go back to work and miss out on my baby growing up or do I resign and stay at home and lose some of myself, not to mention the poverty of being a one income family? Oh, I don't know.

You think that you are ready to make these big decisions about your family but I don't think that you ever are.