It's funny, coz I wish I had had the luxury of not going on holidays so that I could have some savings to stay home with my son for longer. But we spent a lot of whatever we had saved on IVF just to have him. Perhaps had it taken 1 cycle instead of 8 cycles to concieve him it might have been different. Then we borrowed against our mortgage so I could stay home with my long awaited son for 2 years. Then I had the choice of not going back to work and losing the house that put a roof over the head of not only our son but my 3 other kids, or go back to work so my whole family could eat, and we could repay the substantial debt we went into so I could be a SAHM for 2 years.

But you know what? I was still lucky to have been home with him for those two years of his life. I too know someone who had to return to work when her child was 3 weeks old because she had 4 people depending on her wage, the child she did IVF to have.

So I am confused by mothers who claim that they're not lucky to have the option, no matter how tough it is, to stay home. Some people don't have that option at all. You don't think that makes you lucky? I definitely felt lucky to have had a choice at all.