Having a baby THEN establishing a career?

[Mnetter72]

does anyone have any stories of how they had a baby before establishing a good career? I really need to hear some uplifting stories right now

Several of my friends did, in teaching.

Yes. I had a baby, then I had another. Then I went to uni and got a degree and a masters. I work as a self employed consultant after 10 years of corporate now and am well payed but I also have freedom for parenting.

Best advice I was ever given for uni…just turn up every day. Best advice to progress your career…be helpful, move company every 2-3 years & keep up with your professional development.

Ouch *paid

I did, I had a career that wasn't working for me. Had two babies, moved for husband's work, re-evaluated and went back to uni to study law. Studied my butt off full time while working part time in a reception role in a suburban law firm. Had another baby in my third year of study. Graduated top of my cohort and got the job of my dreams with 3 kids under 6. Have worked happily for a few years and now pregnant with number four. Living my absolute dreams both work and family. It's hard work, you have to be driven and disciplined and always, always prioritise quality time with your children above anything, but it's do-able and worth it!

Yes I did, or whilst having DS/the early years really 😂 I was pregnant unexpectedly and kept chipping away at my career throughout pregnancy, went back to work early for a big project, and worked FT (and more, doing extra work after he slept) during DSs first 4 years. Everyone thought I was mad and it was quite hard, but I more than tripled my salary and now have a cushty, flexible, fulfilling WFH job where I can be around for DS all the time and have enough money to make sure we’re very comfortable.

Several of my friends did, but honest answer - they all had huge, huge help from grandparents.

I did this and it worked out really well for me. I picked up low paid, flexible jobs when they were tiny and then trained for the career I wanted once they got to preschool/school age. They were both asleep by 7pm at that age so I had plenty of time in the evenings to study towards the exams I had to take or do some extra work. I didn't find it particularly challenging to do at all. It probably depends on the type of career you want though, as some will be more full on than others.

Its very common with Head Teachers. Many of them got work as TA's when their children were little then trained as teachers then as children got older they went for promoted posts.

Yes I did, was lucky the right job came along when I was looking, that offered on the job and additional learning for the qualifications on site and we could afford the shit pay it offered for a few years, then I moved on to the next step now DD is 6 and I have a career, rather than the shitty admin jobs I had been stuck in for years