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Late Intro

SciChickSciChick member
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Hi everyone. I have been meaning to come in here and intro but I just haven't had the time since my daughter was born. But, I have a couple of minutes now so quickly I would like to introduce myself - and figure there's a lot of familiar faces from the pregnancy board. My daughter will be five weeks old tomorrow and it has flown by in a blur. Thankfully I am still on maternity leave and will be for another two months. However, I am REALLY struggling with the thought of going back to work. I just plain don't want to but am the major money earner in our family so I don't feel like I have a choice. Is anyone else dealing with these feelings? How are you getting through it? I am a teacher so I will have lots of time off and luckily the holidays will be right there when I go back to work but I still feel so sad at the thought of leaving my baby at home and going to work.

The other issue we are dealing with is reflux, but we are hopefully getting a handle on it. Baby girl has started sleeping a little longer at night so I am too and it's something I am grateful for. We just love her so much and can't remember life without her. :)

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Re: Late Intro

  • SciChickSciChick member
    Oh and I have attempted a number of times to change my siggy to take off the pregnancy ticker but it is still there.
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  • ProfessorPedals825ProfessorPedals825 member

    Welcome!  I remember you from PgAL, congrats on your rainbow!  I dealt with the same feelings about going back to work.  Once we got our daily schedules and routines figured out though, it became easier and easier.  And I make sure to give her extra snuggles on weekends when we get to spend more time together.  Also, I really think our daycare is helping her developmentally and that definitely makes me feel better about having to leave her.  Just take it one day at a time.

    And you can change your siggy by clicking on Preferences in the top right corner of the page and then click on Signature Settings.

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  • FmrAFBratFmrAFBrat member
    Congrats and welcome! I think after you get into a routine it gets easier. I just wish I had all the time a teacher has off. :)
    TTC January 2010
    BFP #1 10-11-10 ectopic discovered 10-22-10, 10-23-10 methotrexate & emergency surgery, lost right tube BFP #2 12-1-10 Found to be tissue dropped from salingectomy or missed heterotopic pregnancy from BFP #1 BFP #3 1-30-11 DS arrived on due date 10-10-11 BFP #4 Surprise 9-3-12 EDD 5-9-13 DS2 arrived 5-5-13 BFP #5 5-14-14 Emergency D&C 6-16-14 9 weeks
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  • MJM3108MJM3108 member
    Congrats and welcome! I remember you from PgAL, too! 
    Ditto PP, your siggy gets changed in a different place now. Click on the little head icon in the upper right and then click preferences. Once you're in there, it's easy to change your siggy. 
    As for the going back to work thing, all I can say is that it is REALLY hard at first, but it does get easier as time goes on. 


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