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Back to work

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edited July 2015 in May 2015 Moms
I go back to work in a month and I am already so emotional and upset about it. Crying already. I can't imagine leaving my baby. She needs me. I need her. No one knows her like I know her. I don't want to miss her milestones. I trust completely her daycare and know she will thrive there, but I don't want to leave her.

I don't see how I could stay home. I'm the breadwinner. I have a really good job I enjoy and make a lot of money in. I worked so hard for my career. But all that doesn't matter anymore. I just want to be a mom.

How do us moms do this?
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Re: Back to work

  • nicoleisadalnicoleisadal member
    Right there with you. I have a month left and I'm already a blubbering mess thinking about leaving her. I'm not the bread winner and my husband is doing the math to figure out if we could survive without my income. I'm just so torn because I want us to have the money to do things with her but at the same time I don't want to miss any of her milestones and I can't physically or emotionally imagine myself surviving each work day without her. Luckily my husband is taking a month off after I go back to work so I can maybe use that as a trial run to see if I can handle it.
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  • rae430rae430 member
    I went back to work at 7 weeks and felt exactly the same way. I was regretting my decision to work at all, wanted to change my initial plan and become a SAHM, and was convinced that DS would be miserable without me. As it turns out, DS loves his babysitter, he is as happy and healthy as ever, and even though I miss him, I'm not miserable at all. I get lots of text updates and I'm so excited to spend time with DS when I'm home!! Whatever you decide, it will be the right decision, and if you have to go back to work, you and the baby will be just fine :)
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  • SmrBrd2012SmrBrd2012 member
    I'm so sad about it too. I go back in 2 weeks and I'm starting to freak out. I'm not even the breadwinner and I don't care about my job. Staying in my job only makes slightly more sense than staying home financially which makes it even more frustrating. Unfortunately we just can't swing it because Hs health insurance for family is so expensive. It's going to be a struggle.
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