Mother to an almost 10 month old, due to return to work in Sept. Have arranged nursery (paid deposit and signed contract) for four days a week. Work eliminated my post right before I went on maternity leave so I was always going to have to return to something different. The job we had discussed before I left and that I would like hasn't materialised. I am now being offered something else which I don't love the idea of but that I could do. And I would hope would lead in time (within 6 to 9mo) to something I would enjoy more.
Because of my age, DH and I decided we would rather run the risk of having kids "too close" together than not at all. So we started trying last month and bingo, BFP this morning. It's still very early days, so we aren't getting excited yet, but... I need to decide within the next few weeks what I do about work.
So should I:
a) return to work (4 days a week), take the job I am not crazy about but do it anyway knowing I (hopefully) won't be there long anyway? OR
b) try and negotiate redundancy (which is the other option) and enjoy being with my DD for the next few months and make the most of the time together and take the financial hit.
We don't positively absolutely need the money. But it would help. We can make it work without it and part of me thinks it is crazy to go through the upheaval of getting her settled in nursery and the stress/guilt of it all when it will be for such a short amount of time. Not to mention that I am already feeling queasy and the thought of running around town, doing nursery drops offs, managaging my job, etc. makes my head spin.
I also obviously don't love the idea of returning to work and then having to tell them within months of returning that I am off again. But then again I have been there for five years and done a good job for them. They just had a change of strategic direction and eliminated my role.
WWYD?