I went back to work 8 weeks after Saffron was born. I was quite proud of myself for this achievement as I did have a ceasarean. I am quite lucky as my partner Adrian is a stay at home dad so there's alot less pressure because i have to worry only half as much of the practical things like housework and day to day child-rearing activities etc.
My workplace is unreal. I was about to request an extra month off but I was encouraged to come back early as my boss said that i could bring Saffron in with me (and I really needed the money). I work in an office environment so I can feed while I am on the computer or the telephone without much difficulty. This arrangement wont last forever though, I imagine 6 months at the most.
So I can feed Saffron at work and have not had to worry about expressing yet. I must admit though I would be tempted to give up the breastfeeding and introduce a few supplementary formula feeds if I needed to establish the whole expressing routine.
I went back full time when she was almost six months old.
It sucked, I hated every second for the first week and spent most of my time for the next month trying to find ways I could quit work.
It did get easier, at least she was home with her dad so I didn't have the childcare guilt to contend with as well...
This time I get 12 months paid leave and I dont' know what I'll be doing after that. I'm going to use the time to decide. DH needs to get back into the workforce full time, it concerns us if he is "out" too long (future employablility etc...)
Hey there...
I returned to work 5 days (20 hours per week) when DS was 9 months old and i have found it pretty hard, DS goes to daycare 2 days then granmas then to his godmother the other day.. I sometimes feel like he thinks i dont want to look after him anymore or something, ive got the guilts i suppose but it is passing.
I'm returning end of October when Aleise will be 4 months old but as I just secured day care for one day a week this early I've had to take it or I may not get it next month! Am lucky DH gets every 2nd Friday off so he can look after her then and we can ask our mums to help out the other Friday.
I think it will be harder for me when she starts next week - separation anxiety for me I think will be the problem.
Well will update you once it gets rolling. In this day and age one wage just isn't enough so we shouldn't feel guilty about using daycare at all!
I am back just after the 12 Month Maternity leave, Just doing a couple of evenings from 5.00pm to 10.30pm. These hours suit me as DH comes home to look after DS, then i leave. I felt more obliged to go back to work, as they were snowed under. Although the money is good, It is very tiring, and they are trying to get me to come back thru the day. And that is just not going to happen!!! I find it harder being a stay at home mum, BUT i love it, and it is much more rewarding than sitting in an office stressing over deadlines!!! Wont be going back after no 2, until they are at school age.
This will be my 3rd week back at work.....Jayden is just over 5mths old. Possibly if I didn't go shopping so much while I was on leave I could have stayed home a little longer LOL. I am part time ATM just 4 hrs a day 5 days a week......I am meant to be going full time by Dec but I think if DP gets work during the off season (he works seasonal) I might stay part time.......I am lucky that I have an understanding boss who is willing to accommodate to what I want to do
I went back to work at 3 months - I take charlie with me and only do it 8 hours a week,.
I like having the time to talk to people my own age. i love talking to charlie but i reakky need some people time
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I applied for a full time position at 36 weeks. I was pretty much guaranteed the job, but things happened internally and they needed someone straight away. My work knew I had hospital and doctor commitments, so they told me to contact them after Andrew was born.
Andrew was a week late and I had to stay in hospital for an agonising 4 more days (I cried my way out of hospital a day early to be in familiar surroundings). I checked my email and found my employer wanted me for a part time position and were happy for me to do the hours however way I wanted.
My employers are very family friendly - they let me take home a laptop to do extra work at home when I look after baby and are happy for me to sneak off every now and again to express. I went back to work both for necessity as well as to keep my sanity (I love having a career and I want to set an example for my kids - especially any future girls that God may bless me with - that mum's can have a flourishing career and be a mum too!).
All this at the same wage as my previous full time job when I wasn't pregnant! God can really answer those prayers when you're desperate!
i started back full time when my eldest was 6 months then i went back to wrok full time when my 2nd was 2 weeks old and i went back part time when ryan was 4 months it is working for us atm though i may have to look at going full time maybe june /july 2007
hi everyone
I am going back to work in Jan 08 and I only have to go back partime prob 2 days a week at this stage - my DS will be 6 months old then and I am already dreading it! I'll miss him terribly - I am trying to get him into the child care centre which is onsite at the hospital I work at but have been told that I probably won't get a place for him until he's 12mths old - so my DH will prob change his work days which are flexible thank god and my mum will fill in the others THANK GOODNESS FOR GRANDMAS
any tips or suggestions on how to survive those 1st days back at work?
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
Oct 2007
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Hi Everyone,
Unfortunately my work place only offers minimal maternity leave (12 months unpaid) and seeing that I have a large mortgage, I have no choice but to go back to work after 3 - 4 months.
I wish i could stay with my baby for at least a year and to he/her grow, but i cant =(
I'm 15 weeks pregnant and I havent told my manager yet as I dont think he will be as sympathic as I would like a manager to be.
With DS, I had a small inheritance that meant I could stay out of work for bout 8 months - I went back to work 3 days a week when he was 6 and a half months cause I was missing adult company and thought the extra cash would be good.
With this one, planning on leaving at 35 wks (12 to go!!) and coming back as soon as PPL/BB is finished.
It's necessity this time. I would love to stay home longer but there's no way to afford it unless I won the lotto and we all know the chances of that right?!?
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Agape - your mil is incredible. She is sacrificing a lot to raise your children. Wow, just... Wow.
We've been living on dreams for the last 4 years. I worked for a few months in child care and couldn't bring myself to put our kids in child care until they are 3. When I was pregnant I worked part time because I had left a very high stress job and couldn't really get something else going while I was pregnant. Now I have no job to return to and will probably need to be retrained for a new career once my babies are in school. So we're looking at living on dreams for quite a while, then maybe I'll become a doctor and start earning some real money for a change. Pretty sick of being poverty stricken, but I'm very aware things could be worse.
I'll be taking my PPL this time around 36 weeks. Using that have bubs bond and go back instead of 3 days per week ill be cutting down to 2 days a week.
breastfeeding Saffron at work
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