anyone else love their job and mixed about mat leave?

RichInLove

I am having a rough time here. I love my job and while I am looking forward to spending the next 5 months taking care of me and my little one (going on leave on Monday) I am overcome with emotions about not being at my job anymore.They put an ad out today for some temporary assistance while I am away and I am sitting here in tears over it.

Loops925

aww ::hugs::

i love my job too... but i can't wait to leave... i still have exactly 2 months to go

one.sweet.world

I cannot personally relate - sorry:( But I do understand what you mean...plus 5 months will FLY by and you'll be back at it in no time.

 

nova@spamcop.net

I love my job, but I am so ready for mat leave.  I'm looking forward to spending 10 weeks getting to know my son.

angelgee

I love my job, but can't stand some of my co-workers. I'm looking forward to my leave. My leave will start 04/30.

Temp149801812508276

I love my job and am only taking off 8 weeks - so not quite the same. I am really torn, though, because I am working on getting our new website up and running and it will go live just before I go on mat leave. So, I am toying with the idea of trying to "work from home" after a few weeks. I would really just work on it here and there, but I'm only going to do it if my job is going to pay me. I love my job...but not enough to work for free.?

TheFannins729

i love my job and felt odd about leaving, but now that S is here, I'm thinking of not going back! 

peachypear

Nope, sorry! I love my job, but I'm stoked to get time off with the baby... and really, just to get some time off at all! Five months sounds like a dream! I'll be lucky to get 12 weeks.

I am starting to get defensive about leaving though... In this economy, I'm afraid that they'll find they don't really need me! Thank goodness for FMLA...

ericalea511

I love my job too! I am lucky they are not posting my position phew! I understand though..

almostanO

I am worried about leaving.  I really like my job and one of my bosses has been treating me differently since being pregnant.  I used to  work all the time and loved it.  I am anxious about how my life is going to change and how the demands of work will change too/ I liked the path I was on career wise and would like to continue.

lbap

I love my job so much!  I own my own business and so I have hired someone who will do the administrative functions and hold down the office while I am out, but in reality, I won't go very far.  I am planning to be "unavailable" for maybe 2-3 weeks but after that, my assistant can schedule client meetings for me and I can come into the office on those days (will be 1 a week at the very most and even that rate is probably unlikely).  I will plan to spend most of my time at home, split between working and caring for the baby from when it is born in early May until the end of the summer.  Then, I will re-evaluate the situation and see how it is going.

The frustrating part is that my business is still fairly young.  I opened my doors in January of 2008 and we have been working really hard to build the brand.  Now I feel like it is finally starting to take off, just in time for me to have to pull back on the number of clients I can take at one time!  I can definitely understand your mixed feelings!