Full time career girl to full time mummy!

[Shaz]

Hi Girls

Just wondered what your experiences have been with all you working girls out there who are suddenly on maternity leave with a little one to care for!

I worked full time up until 38 weeks and Connor was born two weeks after I started my maternity leave.

The first week was a nightmare (isn't it always) but we're slowly getting into a routine and I love him to bits - can't wait for him to start interacting with me a bit more!!

Sometimes I find myself wondering though - I spend all my days feeding, changing or trying to get Connor to sleep - washing loads and loads of clothes and going to the supermarket!

Does anyone else miss the cut and thrust of working life? I'm going back end August/beginning September this year working four days a week in the office and one day a week from home. Connor will be in nursery four mornings a week then Nanny or OH (who works shifts) will have in the afternoons so it's a nice balance of being with other children, but spending time with Daddy too.

Your life certainly does change with a baby! But it's taken a while to settle into for me - is this normal??? I've been working since I was 16 and everything feels so strange!

 

[Hypnorm]

I went on mat leave in the june as ewan was born in the august, so i had afew months to adjust. but it was still a bit of a shock, at first a bit of a novelty! but then it got lonely.
I worked approx 38 hrs per week plus one over night stay and one full weekend in 6 on site.
After ewan was born it was all a bit of a blur for about a month, then i started worrying about going back to work and did i want to.
I loved my job and the people i worked with were great, and a good laugh. I decided not to go back to work which was really hard for me as the job i did was something i loved and was the only thing i had ever done. But we also looked at going back but financially it just wasn't viable and i would be working and losing 80% of my wage to child care.
I miss the banter of work and the adult contact and what i trained for but i dont miss the stress.

 

[Juzza]

You miss it now but things will chabge i was exactly the same - full time teacher to full time mummy for 6 months then very stupidly back to full time teacher because i thought i could be superwoman

In short - i hate it! Def going part time in Sept unless i get preggers with #2 - please please please!

I loved work and i know i will again in a few years but i'm only 26 - whats 5 years off my career - i can still go back in my thirties and climb the ladder.

Enjoy being a mummy as its the best job in the world

Juz x

 

[Hypnorm]

Also should have added that i am enjoying being a full time mum, i just have odd days when i feel quite lonely, i get invited out with my old work mates and we have a laugh then the day after i am a bit down.
If i had the option of going back to work i would only do part-time to a max of 3 days a week, otherwise i think you would miss out on milestones, also you never know when your little one will start going through the night, Ewan is still waking now mainly due to teething at 18 months - so imagine sleepless nights and then having to get up get organised and go to work tired... not the best.

Also you find your priorities change once you have baby in your arms.