Hi duedec,

Congratulations on your pg.

There are a lot of variables to factor in for your question. How quickly you recover from the birth; the temperent of the baby (especially if you won't have someone to babysit); if you can get someone to help out with bubs whilst you work....
One of the girls from my buddy group is a hairdresser with her own business and went back about 6 weeks post birth if I'm remembering correctly. She had a c-sect.
My DD is 10 weeks and I was ready to go back part time after about a month.....

HTH

MG