GTKY: What do you do for a living?

denma2015

Wow so much variety!  Impressive ladies.  I am a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department.  With baby #2 I may need to consider switching gears to working in the outpatient setting.  My hours are nuts.  

xiaopeapod

I am a Tax Specialist and works in government. It is a typical 8-5 job with decent sick time and vacation, so my job shouldn't be too much impacted by baby #2.

lilmamabebe3

I am a writer and digital marketer. I was working for myself for a few years but got tired of the hours so I came back to a corporate setting. I freelance write still, and hoping to publish a book in 2020, but my full-time job is digital strategy director in a corporate retail environment.

aamo1982

Hi Ladies!
I’m a NICU RN and since having children have a love hate relationship with my job. I have been able to cut back on my hours and love that I can still keep my foot in the door at a job I love and care for my boys, but hate that I see the 1% horrible scenarios of how pregnancies can turn out

vvitchhazel

I posted earlier, but update: I'm no longer a work from home mom... Officially a stay at home mom again... For now!

purplg8r

Like @cassandraleigh01 and @hillaryo14 I’m a first grade teacher.  Hoping my school will have a maternity sub lined up for me early enough that he/she can be at Meet the Teacher with me!

hillaryo14

@purplg8r I plan on trying to find one sometime in the spring semester. 

catpants

I’m a bartender, I work one night a week and do brand consulting as a side gig, mostly event work/cocktail development for brands.  

Before my youngest daughter was born I was a sommelier, but the hours are pretty impossible for childcare (my husband owns a bar so he works late hours too) so I took the pay cut to be a most-of-the-time SAHM. 

law_and_little1

I'm a lawyer at a large firm in Chicago. I do corporate litigation. Before that I was a high school English teacher for 3 years. Talk about a major career change!

wanderlustsoul

I worked in consulting at a big four in Toronto. I quit in the summer and I am currently doing my MBA in Amsterdam. I am transitioning into the digital marketing field. 

janele3214

I am a nurse at a local hospital. I work nights currently and not sure how that will work eventually with a newborn. I may try and switch to day shift. Any recommendations on going back to work after my maternity leave would be appreciated. 

moon1417

I’m an accountant for a company that owns real estate and malls.   I’m in Awe of sahms I was home all this past week and am so sick nauseous idk what I would do if that was my everyday. Hats off!!

mrosek91

I tell people if they want the conversation ender I'm an accountant, if they want the answer that will leave them confused and still trying to figure it out after I've been explaining it for half an hour I'm an IT Auditor.

My boss has been pretty flexible for the last 2 boys, so expecting/hoping the same for this one. Although I always say it's ridiculous that 40 hours a week is considered a "reduced schedule."

@ash0625 I totally agree with you about billable hours.

grangerhp37

I teach high school math! Mostly dual enrollment classes, so advanced math courses where the kids can get college credit. 

holzie-2

I work at a big bank in their treasury department.  Most people don’t know what that means so I usually say I work in commercial banking.  Before that I worked in the home equity department.  I’m currently in school pursuing my bachelors in business management.  Work pays for it so may as well take advantage!  

heml

I’m an attorney for a city. Thankfully, as a government attorney, my hours are very predictable. And, our workplace is pretty family-friendly (paid maternity leave!). This is our first and MH travels a lot for work, so I’m a little worried about that but we’ll figure it out! 

Amdogger82

I am the executive director of a smallish housing nonprofit. I feel like i found a balance between beibg present at home and working that worked ok for leave when I had DS. I hope I can find that balance again this time 

catpants

lol @moon1417, when I went back to work after my last daughter everyone kept asking “are you sure you want to come back already?” and I was like work is practically vacation compared to what I deal with at home!

threeleftturns

I’m a lawyer at a midsize defense firm in the Midwest. Luckily we have decent work/life balance, which is sort of unusual, especially for litigators. 

jmesue1030

I have two jobs! I’m self-employed running my own private practice for mental health counseling. That takes up about 20-25 hours/week. I also co-own a yoga studio. I teach 5 classes/week but also do a ton of studio management/business running stuff. Thank GOD for my business partner this last week. She’s Jewish and not pregnant so she has been holding down the fort while I’m running around doing holiday stuff while feeling like crap. I love what I do but being self employed is stressful— maternity leave isn’t really a thing. My husband and I are trying to budget well during the pregnancy so I can take some time off from counseling. Perk is my schedule is totally flexible so I can come back slowly when I need to get back to making $$.

laurenmicheley

I work in technology sales. I lost my job in November and have been actively interviewing and then SURPRISE found out I better get cracking on something really soon because baby is coming! In reality, my field is so crazy and there is so much demand, just finding the right offer is the challenge. I work in NYC and mostly work from home which should help me and DH once our new addition arrives. I'm really fortunate since my husband has a great job and my father committed to babysitting 1x week as did my sister which means less daycare once I return to work after maternity. I'm not in a position to be a SAHM and I'm not sure if I'd actually be able to do it - I'm a natural hustler and love to work! Just a crazy time to be preggo, we had been "not-not-trying" all year so go figure I would finally get a BFP once I was out of work (maybe because I was less stressed?). You know what they say though, when it rains it pours!

Also, I've been toying with the idea of opening my own business more and more. Something along the lines of custom meal planning, shopping, and prep in your own home for busy families that want to eat healthy and naturally, but cannot find time to create gourmet meals. Anybody think this is a cool idea?

deecherise

@laurenmicheley , a custom meal planning service would be awesome for busy, financially strapped grad students like me. I think you should go for it!

goldfishcraker

Wow!! It's so neat to see such a variety of professions on here! What a group we make!

I am a paramedic. I feel you @janele3214 on the night shifts! And Right now they are brutal to get through!
If this baby sticks, I think I will be requesting to go on light duties at 12 weeks. As much as I would miss being on truck,  the risk of getting assaulted is too high on the streets. Not worth putting baby at risk.

elizabeth_1985

I'm a college professor...No teaching appointment. I do research and outreach. The outreach portion is mostly (all) men. They make things interesting and mean well. I'm just not ready to discuss breast feeding with them again. Haha

heml

@laurenmicheley It’s definitely something MH and I would be interested in! Some friends of ours used to use a chef for their family once a week, and we’re contemplating doing that right before the baby is born and freezing some meals 

labby18

I'm a financial advisor by trade before DD was born, but I've been working from home doing financial plans for another advisor over the last year. Considering going back to work full time, but also petrified of it. 

mandyk6

I'm an accountant. Currently I am the finance manager at a not-for-profit that works with the homeless and I really enjoy it.  Prior to this I worked in public accounting for 15 years as an auditor, so I feel you ladies dealing with billable hours. 

peachy0709

I'm in HR for a professional services organization.  

archersmomma16

I’m also an RN. I’ve done bedside oncology, hospice, and ICU at a level 1 trauma center. I’m now a clinic manager in a large hepatology office, I’m over the oncology and surgery programs corresponding staff. I love helping newly diagnosed cancer patients get through the initial work up and started on treatment.

ash0625

@laurenmicheley I need that right now. 

@peachy0709 I think anyone who works in HR is a saint. Bless you. 

@heml I work for a private law firm, but represent municipalities and often act as City Attorney. I even got to play prosecutor for a while, once. Probably my favorite clients. 

@threeleftturns Where in the Midwest? I, too, am a litigator at a medium sized defense firm in the Midwest. 

heml

@ash0625 The BEST and craziest stories from municipal prosecution, right?! I’m doing the public student loan forgiveness thing (*fingers crossed*) for another 2 1/2 years, but I’ve thought about moving over to a firm that does municipal work after. Kinda seems like the best of both worlds. 

resilientone

I'm in oncology research, administering a large federal grant. I was an English-major, way back when, so being in such a clinical field is both interesting and a challenge. Before this, I worked in fundraising at several different non-profits.

Twinkiedoll

@heml A friend of mine is 2.5 years away from loan forgiveness too!  Because he moved to a different state, he had to go into private sector job.  Upside is he works with me now!  Downside is that the loan forgiveness is put on hold.  I think he's trying to apply for public sector jobs again now that he's settled into practice here and passed the bar.

EmilyA724

@resilientone I know you’re not anymore, but I’m in Fundraising! I would love to get back to the more programmatic side of things, which is now put on hold until after this babe. 

resilientone

@emilya724 Nice! I can't say I really miss it that much. My dream job would be to give money away!

naturelove35

I work in HR as a project coordinator. I have been a project manager all my life, in hopes to have a flexible career but I keep finding myself in these companies that are completely overwhelmed and end up taking on a lot of work. I plan on leaving my job soon (before baby comes). I would love to own my own business eventually, but may end up looking for part time work after a few months home with the baby.

naturelove35

mrsbuttercupbev said:

I’m in HR for a animated movie studio. I work what seems like a bazillion hours a week. I love the people I work with but sometimes it feels like I’m the mom to 500 extra children. 

I work in HR as well. I am surprised with how intense it can be. I originally got into HR to have some work life balance, but that isn't happening. lol.

law_and_little1

Corporate attorney in Chicago. Crazy busy lately with lots of travel. Will get 4-5 paid months off and looking forward to it!