I went back to work when my DS#1 was just 4 months old, the difference being i didn't really have a job - i had been temping at a place and become friends with my boss and she rang me and said there was work if i wanted it. I'd been having a pants time being a sahm that i leapt at the chance and worked 4 days per week. When i was 10 weeks pregnant with #2 i got a full time permanent position (rare as hens teeth in Townsville) - i'd told them i was preggy at the final interview but assured them that i knew i wasn't a sahm type so wouldn't need much time off). They were very good to me giving me time off work when osc was sick but in the end i realised i hardly saw him. i dropped him off at 7.15am and picked him up at 5.30ish and after 4 months i thought this was just a waste if time me having a child as the child care workers knew him better than me. Then dh got offered a job in Perth so i told my work i wouldn't be going back after bubs #2. For saying how much i hated being a sahm when Osc was a baby i totally love it now. Don't know what the difference was but i can't imagine going to work now until they are at school. At least your work hasn't meant you have seen less of your kiddies but you must be so tired.
So what i'm trying to say (not very well and in a very rambly way) is that i don't think you'll know unless you give it a go. Don't know if you'd be able to give it a trial and then go back if you like. but like you said, if Ivy and Noah (gorgeous names btw) are your last - they grow up soooo quick and i bet you could quite easily get back into your career after a break.
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