What will your work status be after baby is born?

jneden · August 2014

My work has offered me a work from home option so I will be doing that.

musicgal05 · August 2014

Back to work for me. I have to go finish my master's, which is sort of sponsored through my company, meaning I've got a contract to fulfill x number of years after the master's is complete before I can leave if I wanted to. Of course, they could fire me whenever, and I could choose to pay them back if I want to leave myself. But that would be a horrible idea. Especially since my husband stays at home with DD right now, and I'm the sole income provider.

However, I'm likely going to work from home longer this time than last after the deliver because I'm set up easier this time to do that.

SpaceGirlSpiff · August 2014

I'll be working from home (maybe only part of the time or at odd hours at first, gradually moving back up to full time)... pretty much right away. I don't take full 100% maternity leave because I have no reliable back up at work and I'm the only one who knows how to fully and effectively use our accounting software (yeah, don't even get me started, it's stupid).... we're a very small company, only a few of us running it...including my H who does warehouse management and drives our truck.

It's nice that my H is my coworker because he can be understanding and help pick up the slack some... my boss (the owner) is also very understanding and flexible. That's really the only way that this works well.... I am lucky. It's still extremely hard to balance and NOT the ideal...but I'm lucky I have the support.

I'll work from home for as long as I can manage it...with DS, I went for 18 months. That was too long. I am thinking (hoping) to max out at maybe a year.... or at least when baby gets more mobile to where I can't balance it as well anymore. When baby is immobile and laying around sleeping off and on it's more manageable, especially since I can do half of my job at off hours (accounting stuff). The other part of my job when I have to be on the phone or emails, that can be difficult at busy times, but there's still a little flexibility in it... we aren't getting constant phone calls luckily.

peggels24 · August 2014

I own a law firm with a partner. I will probably take 2 or 3 weeks off completely and then will start working from home and slowly building back up to full-time as needed. I don't anticipate that I will be home more than 3 or 4 weeks. DH will take 3 months paid leave and will be home with the baby.

Tauristar · August 2014

I quit working a little while back, traveling with a premie at home killed me. After this one arrives, I'd like to stay home for a year or so. I have some freelance projects scheduled that will be some travel and fun. We are also likely going to renovate another house...that's a full time job too....so I guess I'll be a busy SAHM.

XomgitsshanX · August 2014

I can't even think about staying home, bought my home three years ago and we would for sure have to change our lifestyle if I didn't keep my income and benefits. When I had my daughter I was 18 and stayed home for a year before working. This baby will have daddy during days and mommy evenings and nights after my 12 week fmla

KnitPixy · August 2014

Going back full time after a year of mat leave (Canadian). I'm the majority breadwinner in our household (DH isn't that far behind and will end up with a big raise right before I go off) so we can't really afford for me to stay home. Besides I love my job and I'm five minutes from home so at least I don't have a huge commute.

Also very lucky that my parents have offered to help pay for daycare as they aren't around enough to help out themselves as much as they want to.

cml4314 · August 2014

I waver back and forth. On one hand, I have a strong desire to stay home. On the other hand, I worked really hard to get a M.S. in engineering, and I kind of want to use my degree.

Money is not an issue. We have been basically saving my entire salary since I've had this job anyway. It is certainly nice to have, but we lived comfortably from June of 2010 to June of 2011 on my husband's salary while I was unemployed, and he's gotten multiple good raises and a promotion since then, and makes 125% of what he did that year.

The thing is, I really don't like my current job very much. It's okay, and I actually like my boss and coworkers, but I have no love for the corporation. I feel like my job is kind of dead end, honestly. It's good work for where I'm at now, but they almost never promote anyone. They are stupidly rigid with their hours - everywhere else I've worked in this field has allowed for very flexible hours, but here I have to work 8-5 every day, forced to take a full hour for lunch from exactly 12:00-1:00 (well, I could take less but I couldn't leave before 5:00 anyway so I do). I have to take vacation hours to go any doctor's appointments that are not before 8:00 or after 5:00 (i.e., all of them) and they're stingy with vacation as it is. I'd end up taking half of my vacation hours trying to take my baby to his or her healthy visits.

So basically, I feel like I probably wouldn't want to be at this job more than a few years anyway, regardless of baby or not.

Because of this, I am pretty sure I'm going to stay home with the baby, at least at first. I am going to take the time, and see if I am as fulfilled as I hope I will be by staying home. If I'm not, I am not going to be super regretful over losing this particular job, and I will know for sure that working is what I want. I know that I will be making my life more difficult by taking time off if I end up going back, but I think it's worth it.

If I do decide that SAHM is for me, I might try to do a little bit of something very flexible and part time, like tutoring, just to add a tiny bit of income and put my skills to use.

houseofthree · August 2014

Since I am Canadian I will be taking the full year of maternity leave. After that I plan to go back to work full time.

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