Working situation

TheTamedShrew · February 2016

What will your working situation be after baby comes?

Ah825 · February 2016

Back to work after what I hope 8 weeks.... Wish we could afford me staying home with baby longer!

Themaritimemama · February 2016

Although Canada allows me a generous 12 month maternity leave, my position is very flexible and I will be planning on taking a month off and going back on reduced hours after that month. I will, however, have the baby with me at work and plan on wearing him/her throughout the day.

TNgoldengirl · February 2016

I SAH now, and will continue. Recently I got a PT job as a teacher at my kids' MDO program, but I will be done in May and not returning.

Thscary · February 2016

Unfortunately will have to go back to work full time after my maternity leave. I hope to do be able to go to part time within a few years, but not sure it will be possible

BbyPrather · February 2016

Sham. Honestly child care is way to expensive in this area for it to make financial sence for me to work. It might be different once I finish school but even the other moms with degrees here we know dont work because of the cost of childcare. Like were talking 2000 minimum a month for part time. And most places charge 15 an hour over if your late or need a few extra hours one day.

618mom22boys · February 2016

I've been a SAHM mom for the past 8 years and will be for at least the next 5-6 years.

Knottie1456280733 · February 2016

I'm also a SAHM right now and will continue with this baby. It's a huge financial sacrifice for us and can be really tough at times, but like others have said with childcare costs it's doesn't add up. Also, I genuinely love it. I don't miss teaching one bit.

mrsgillham14 · February 2016

I work at a church part time which is mostly from home. I'll take 6 weeks off when baby is born and do a modified maternity leave for at least another 4 weeks before returning to work at my full schedule. I have enough sick and vacation days to take 6 months off with my state disability, but I'm the only one who can do my job and there isn't really a way to hire or have someone cover my work.

spacedolphin11 · February 2016

I'll probably be starting a new job literally the month before baby is born - I just finished getting my teaching credentials, so I really can't take a year off because student loans beckon. My timing here is pretty terrible! My only consolation is that I had DS#2 as a full-time college student, so I can probably handle #3 as a working mom.

Smallangel · February 2016

I work part time at the moment as a nanny and will be continuing to do so after baby is born.

Undecided about how long I will have off as it depends on what cover the family can have but thinking with baby being born in September to have 3 months off and go back in the NY.

The good thing is I can take my baby to work and also have support from the wife's in-laws that are living with them so won't entirely be on my own with 2 toddlers and a new born.

SLou24 · February 2016

I'm hoping to work from home, but I'm not 100% sure yet that that will work out. Trying to get things figured out in the meantime, but I do know that the job/hours I have now will be pretty impossible when combined with my husbands work schedule as well

steminist · February 2016

@spacedolphin11 I'll be in a similar situation. We're relocating over the summer, so I'll be applying to schools while visibly pregnant. I just hope that somehow my sick time transfers, or others can donate. Otherwise, that's all unpaid leave.

Tippy05 · February 2016

I'd love to be able to come back part time, or do something else entirely, but we need the second income. I'll get about 4 months, which is more than some, but still not enough.

AnnaS930 · February 2016

I voted full time because I am considered full time with full benefits though I work 34 hours per week. After having my son in December I went back to work 4 days a week, I'm off Wednesdays and weekends. It's an amazing schedule, I only ever work 2 days in a row, then I'm home with my little guy. Gives me great balance. Planning to do the same, my boss suggested I might be looking to do less hours in the office, which would be fine if I could do some work from home - but I'm not sure that's in the forecast.

camichael84 · February 2016

I'm a SAHM, and that will continue. Being a SAHM is what I wanted to do anyway, but the childcare costs aren't worth me working. Especially once this one comes along.

vampirina · February 2016

Definitely going to keep on working. I don't think my husband would ever support me being a SAHM - even if it meant we have a net loss due to childcare!

TheTamedShrew · February 2016

I've been a SAHM ever since the month before I had DD. I worked with children at a mental/behavioral hospital and the pay was peanuts. I would basically be working for childcare. I love it now, and plan to stay home indefinitely, especially since we plan to have at least one more child. My mom was an amazing SAHM with 7 kids so I guess it's in my blood. I would like to further my education at some point or go back to work part time, but that would be some time down the road when we don't have babies crawling around the house. It's nice to finally see how many other SAHMs are on this board. I didn't think there were any others on here for awhile.

Thurstobertay · February 2016

It's back to full-time work for me. The company is still figuring out exactly how things are going to go down (<50 employees, won't qualify for FMLA), but I suspect having 6 weeks at minimum since no childcare facility will take baby boy prior to 6 weeks.

Fortunately most of my work can be done remotely, though I'll still plan on coming in nearly full-time since I like having the separation between work and home. Still, if there's a bad day or some weird circumstances there's no issue with me staying at home so long as the work gets done.

ElcaB · February 2016

Even if we could afford for me to be a SAHM, my benefits are too amazing to give up my job.

tinypikachu · February 2016

I'll be a SAHM. It's what I always dreamed of doing when my kids were born. I have always loved kids and used to work abd volunteer as a teacher in high school. When I was in college, I was a FT nanny for my nephew and was able to teach him so much, I just love seeing little ones learning. I got a corporate job after school and quit after 3 years due to health issues a year ago. Once those issues improved, I got PG and so it makes sense for me to just stay home now. I was going to get a PT job in January but after getting a BFP on Christmas day, my DH and I decided I might as well just stay home.

jln27 · February 2016

I work PT now but will be switching to SAHM once I give birth. This is a decision my husband and I both agreed on, because both of us have horror stories from daycare and don't want our kid to go through the same. We don't live anywhere near our families, and since he is military, there's a good chance we'd uproot in the middle (or beginning) of a FT career for me anyway.

Right now the plan is to go back to school online and get my degree, then look at options for working at home. For now we are financially stable enough to get away with one of us staying home full time, but I like having extra income for emergencies.

SarahDarah333 · February 2016

I currently have part-time and full-time jobs- my hope is to work part-time from home within a few after the baby arrives for both jobs, and then work full-time after 3 months.

ssimon621 · February 2016

I work FT 35 hours and will take 6 months off and then go back. We are considering me staying home, but nothing is set in stone yet.

hopec87 · February 2016

Currently I and my fiance are full time. I am a retail store manager and he owns a contracting company, my work hours I will not get home earlier than 8 pm and some nights even 10pm and my so is not off at a guaranteed time, so it's looking like I will be home then hopefully finding another job.

Shiva14 · February 2016

I work from home full time (often 50 hours+/week) but the only thing that cuts out is the commute. When I am working (I'm in retail management as well) I'm locked away in my office and am completely unavailable for anyone who might be home. It does make pumping easy which is awesome. I tried to sah with DS but the budget reduction and lack of adult interaction was not for me. I'm a better parent when I work and the time I have with DS is much higher quality. I never thought I wouldn't like to sah (my mom did for years with me) so it was a surprise. Kudos to those that can!!

KimmySchmidt · February 2016

I work part time right now and am entitled to 0 days maternity leave, so I'll have to quit. I stayed home for a year with my first, so I'll do the same with this one and then find a new job.

jackiel1987 · February 2016

I'll still be working full-time. I work for my Dad and we have a small shop that's heavily reliant on everyone being there. We're super efficient and 3 people do the work of 5-6. However, when one person is gone, it's like a table with 3 legs. It just doesn't work. We don't have a maternity leave policy in place but I advised him that the normal minimum is 6 weeks so I'll be getting that off and he's basically doing 3/4 of my job while I'm gone. Then we're toying around with the idea of me bringing the baby to work since infant day care is $860/mo. To save $860/mo, I don't mind adding a rock n play to my office!

anneb644 · February 2016

I'll also be working full time. After DD I went back full time at six weeks, this time it will be probably Jan 1 just because it seems to work out that way with the holidays and school schedule. Childcare is expensive (about $2K/child) but I like my job and I don't think I would ever find anything comparable if I left for a few years.

spacedolphin11 · February 2016

Jabreen said:

@spacedolphin11 I'll be in a similar situation. We're relocating over the summer, so I'll be applying to schools while visibly pregnant. I just hope that somehow my sick time transfers, or others can donate. Otherwise, that's all unpaid leave.

I'm also hoping for donated leave, because I definitely need more than the two weeks I'll get as a new hire. Currently I'm in the in between stage where people just wonder if I'm pregnant, and I haven't told any schools thus far. It's kind of awkward either way. Here's hoping something great works out for both of us!

jensou · February 2016

Im in the military and have 12 weeks any time during the year following baby's birth. I'll probably take 4 weeks at a time but not sure right now. I'm an RN and required to work night shift for 8 weeks at a time, followed by 8 weeks of days. I wish I could take my maternity leave during my night weeks! LOL but the calendar doesn't reset like that. Good news is I won't be deployed again until fall of 2017. That rotation is 6-9 months every two years - so I get to skip a year! Thanks baby

I'll be doing this til 2022 and then I can stay home during the baby's school years if we're able.

0SeaMonkey0 · February 2016

I'm in Canada so I get a full year of Maternity leave and I will probably stay home for a second year after my Mat leave with this baby. We are planning to move to a new city after baby comes so I won't have my old job to go back to. With two toddlers needing full time daycare, there won't be much financial incentive for me to go back to work, so the current plan is for me to stay home until September 2018 when my oldest starts school, then we will put both kids in school and daycare and I will go back full time.

drmh22 · February 2016

I worked after having DD to finish out the school year, and then didn't go back. I SAH now and will continue.

crispy11 · February 2016

I wonder if more working moms wanted to answer the poll than SAHMs or part time moms. I'm surprised to see full time working at > 70%. I definitely feel like I'm in the minority as a full time working mom at my daughter's preschool. That may just be a reflection on where we live though!

crispy11 · February 2016

crispy11 said:

I wonder if more working moms wanted to answer the poll than SAHMs or part time moms. I'm surprised to see full time working at > 70%. I definitely feel like I'm in the minority as a full time working mom at my daughter's preschool. That may just be a reflection on where we live though!

Don't mind me. I see that it's 48% and 77 votes. I read that as 77%. I'm still impressed to see we're the majority!

BernieRae · February 2016

It's so interesting to hear all these different plans. I hope everyone is able to find a solution that feels good to them and works for their family.
I hope to return after 6 months to sub one day a week and/or teach an after school class. Hoping a two day position will be open the following fall. DH is a hospital nurse so we're hoping he can have a set weekday or two off in his schedule for me to work some. I currently get paid peanuts and we have no family around so childcare might be tricky. DH has several coworkers who've had babies recently. I'm hoping we can all do some childcare swapping!

eagregg · February 2016

I work full time in a childcare center and will return full time after (hopefully) 8 weeks off. Having the baby and DD there is the next best thing to being home.

ketomommy · February 2016

I like my job. While money certainly is taken into consideration, I would rather work than stay at home, so we will gladly pay for daycare.

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