Who is going to be working full time after baby?

StephDK · January 2011

So I will be working 36 hours in 4 days, M-Thurs 730-5. I wrote a similar post o the Working Moms board for a little encouragement. I just wanted to know how all the other expectant moms are feeling about going back to work. This is my first baby and I dream of working 2-3 days a week eventually. We just have to pay off some debt before we can smartly have me work part time. I could just cry thinking about not seeing my LO even though he will be at my mom's house.

MrsZiz · January 2011

I stayed home for 12 weeks and then went back to work full time after having DD. I work 12 hour days so it was difficult but it works for us and financially I didn't have a choice. Honestly I enjoy my job and I also enjoy being a mother and although I'd love to be part time eventually it's working out for us. She'll be 20 months when I have DS and I'll be doing the same, off 12 weeks then working full time again. I think it helped that I was pumping milk for her so I felt like even though we were apart, I was doing something good to help her. I plan to do the same with DS. Good luck! Each day gets a little easier, I promise!

greyt00 · January 2011

I'm going back to work full time after 10-12 weeks. I'm lucky because my mom is keeping the baby, but I don't like my job. :-P

siwexler · January 2011

I will be going back to work. I am also in outside sales so my hours are pretty flexible (my manager is in Orlando). I think I would go a little bit crazy if I stayed home.

mcraw20 · January 2011

I am taking 8 full weeks off then going back to work 30 hours/week for a few weeks then gradually back to 40...i currently work 4 10 hour shifts, not sure if I am going to want to keep with that and have 3 days/week with the baby or go to 5 8 hour shifts so hes not in daycare 10 hours/day..guess we will wait and see

rebekahsm66 · January 2011

I'll be working full time, plus at least one 24 hour shift a week (military), about 6 weeks after delivery. I'm so excited for Emma to get here and I know I'll miss her once I return to work, but I'm also excited to be going back to work and being able to do my full job again!! I haven't flown since July :-(

ermimac · January 2011

I will be. I am taking 8 full weeks off and then returning. DH is going to take 2 weeks off after I go back to work so someone is home with him for 10. I'm a teacher so by the time I head back I'll be there about 2 months and then home with for another 2 months.

Stapier01 · January 2011

ermimac:
I will be. I am taking 8 full weeks off and then returning. DH is going to take 2 weeks off after I go back to work so someone is home with him for 10. I'm a teacher so by the time I head back I'll be there about 2 months and then home with for another 2 months.

This is close to my situation. I'm also a teacher, and I'm taking 6 full weeks because that's how much sick leave I have saved up. We can't afford for me to take unpaid time off. Then I'll be going back for a month or so, and then we will be on summer break. I may feel differently when the baby comes, but I think I would go crazy being at home all the time. I start to loose my mind on snow days when I can't leave the house. And I would really miss my students!

sarag0116 · January 2011

I will be. I'm taking 12 weeks of mat leave. I currently work 4, 10 hour days (Mon-Thurs). I'm going to return to work at 4, 8 hour days ... so 32 hrs. But realistically I'll have to gradually increase since the drop in my hours will be a decreased salary PLUS money going out for daycare.

I work 40 min away, so with the 10 hr work days, I'm actually away from home 12 1/2 hrs. I just can't be away from the baby that much at first.

babyblues314 · January 2011

I"ll be going back to work full time after 6 weeks. I'm really dreading it, but I plan on putting LO in the daycare across the street from the office.

Firedancer1013 · January 2011

I will be working 30 hours a week after LO (I do 3-10 hours shifts during the week) and then picking up PRN hours on the weekends as available when DH is home with LO. DH and I discussed it and would like for LO to be with one of us or both of us more than 50% of the week, meaning he will be with me on two weekdays and DH or DH and I for two weekend days for us. I'd LOVE to stop working altogether and just be with LO, but that just isn't a possibility for us. I'm thankful in that for the first few weeks when I return to work after leave, DH will take one week off and my parents will come down for one week to watch LO, and then after that a family friend who is in school for pediatric occupational therapy offered to nanny for the summer. So we don't have to technically put LO in daycare until the fall, which makes me feel a bit more comfortable.

katlizabeth · January 2011

I work full time (and did after ds was born, will after this one was born). Now, I am a teacher, and I have summer break, which, although I had to go back to work before summer, I knew I had a 2.5 month time off with him. That being said, it wasn't bad. I had some anxiety about it, I cried a few times, but I like my job and once I was there, I was quite busy-I thought about him, but it wasn't like I was longing for him/worried about him while I was there. The time went fast. I think if you hate your job...it will be hard. But if you enjoy your job and keep busy during it, the time will go fast.

caramelcupcake · January 2011

I will be home with LO for 8 weeks. Then I will be returning to work FT. We have been able to work out our schedules so far to be, I'm off sat/sun..my DH is off sun/mon and my sister worked her schedule so she's off on wed to keep her. So she will only have to go to daycare 3 days and I still have a day with DH and LO at the same time.

My mom says she doesn't want to be committed to watching her everyday because she's not always feeling that great but the daycare is right by her house just in case she wanted to pick her up at anytime. We set it up this way because we have more family where my mom lives instead of by us where no one lives but us.

green bean · January 2011

I am and iam dreading it just because I hate my job. Iam planning on using some of my 4 weeks before lo gets here to look for a new better paying job. I have applied to about 40 places in the past year but with the economy like it is right now not many places are hireing . I work 40 hours in retail yuck. But at least its a job.

Jenniferk08 · January 2011

I'll be on leave for about 6 months and then going back to 40+hrs 5 days a week after that. I picked a daycare close to work so I can visit LO on my lunch break. It's sad since daycare will take most my paycheck but H is in construction with health benefits determined by how much he works. I can't afford not to work.

JessiRaye · January 2011

Just wanted to give you a little encouragement! I had to go back to work with my first. I went back after 10 weeks and my employer let me ease back into work with a part time schedule the first month. It was still difficult but I got thru it! I think the first week was the hardest. My oldest child seemed to really love daycare and we loved his center! He really thrived there and learned so much. He was at the same center until I started to stay at home after #2 arrived. (He was 3 years and 8 months.) He just started kindergarten and I really think that thanks to daycare and his preschool, his immune system is fully charged and he is ahead of the learning curve:) Sometimes I worry about #2 because he is so attached to me.

ANYWAY, I know it is hard to leave your little one because I have been there, but you can do it!

sweetpea18 · January 2011

I went back to work after 12 weeks. The first few days were hard, but I got used to it. I'm the breadwinner, so I really had no choice. The fact that dd loves her Montessori ( and we do, too!) helps. Her teachers love her like she's one of their own, so that makes it easier. I think dh doing drop off helps, too. He gets to deal with the tears when he leaves. I would probably cave and take her to work with me! Lol!

LadyXaverian · January 2011

I'll be going back to work full time after 16-17 weeks. The only reason I'm getting this much time is because my maternity leave (due in April) runs into my summer vacation (I teach middle school). Usually I teach summer school as well, but this year I will skip it and start fresh in August.

I'm anxious about having to go back to work full time, but many teachers at my school have given me words of encouragement, so I know it will be ok.

MandusMaximus · January 2011

Me. I have flexible hours but have to be at work 5 days a week. I am bummed but want LO to have a well provided for childhood so got to go to work to make the money! I am dreading it already and am sad I can only take 9 weeks off with pay but I just remind myself I am fortunate to have that and a good flexible job at all in this economy.

BLM10 · January 2011

I will have 5-6 weeks off, paid. Then I will return to work 3 days a week until I use up all of the unpaid FMLA hours I am allowed, which means I will return full time when C is about 6 months. I'd love to be a stay at home mom, but we would not be able to afford the life we want for baby if I did. Luckily, both of our moms will take turns watching him.

The_Quiet_One · January 2011

I'm planning to stay home for 8-12 weeks, depending on how much leave I have stored up, then going back full-time. Mine is the job that pays the bills. I don't think it will be easy, even knowing that DH will be home with the Munchkin instead of him being in daycare, but I don't think I'm cut out to be a SAHM, to be honest; I would probably go nuts without adult interaction on a regular basis.

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