Hi,
I am a mum to 1 daughter aged 3, she was born with mutiple birth defects leading to life limiting complications.
She only got out of hospital just before her 2nd birthday and I am now trained in her cares.
I have never really left her apart from nipping to get clothes from home, running to shop for food.
Her health is still up and down and unfortuntly things will not get any better any time soon.
I love her to moon and back, she is my entire existance but I feel completely suffocated and struggling with the loss of identity.
She will start school nursery in september and I am considering going back to work.
Now the issue is she still sends a great deal of time in and out of hospital ( at least a week out of every month ).
Alot of this time she is stable and quite well and its just protocol.
I obviously could not find job that lloeed me to have this much time off.
I talk to alot of parents who have children with extra needs and all agree to dedicate their time to them.
Going back to work would mean the time she is on ward I would still need to go to work.
Would be part time hours so would be a good few hours a day.
She is very used to the hospital and knows everyone very well and the nurses do to.
I did ask a support group but they all agreed that they would never leave a child in hospital and that I should want to spend as much time as possible with her.
I feel very guilty for feeling the way I do.
AIBU ?
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AIBU to go back to work and leave daughter.
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Lonelymummyof1 · 28/02/2017 02:27
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