I tried going back to work, 3 days per week, when my year maternity leave finished. However, I have now resigned in order to be a stay at home mum, and due to finish at the end of September. I work as an outreach family counsellor, mainly visiting clients in their home to help with a range of issues affecting family functioning, and also running some Positive Parenting Groups. I have tried hard to balance my work role with being a first-time mum, but in the end have decided to stay at home for a while. So I have now enrolled my baby (20 months now) in gymbaroo and water familiarisation/safety lessons, and a baby music/rhythm group. I am looking forward very much to my new role, but in a way sad to be leaving behind my working role..... O #-o