This may be premature, but I am already thinking about going back to work even though I haven't gone on maternity leave yet. I start my leave this weekend when I will be 39 weeks pregnant. I am in the US so I will be getting 12 weeks of unpaid leave. So if the baby is born this weekend, he will be 12 weeks old when I return to work, but clearly he may turn up later and therefore be perhaps as young as 9 weeks.
There is no option to extend leave beyond 12 weeks unless there is a valid medical reason to do so. I will be returning full time as my DH is a graduate student and I am the only earner. We cannot afford for me to cut my hours.
When I return to work, I will have the advantage of a baby-friendly employer who will let me bring the baby to work until he's six months old, although I'm not sure it's practical to do that full-time. I have a legal right to breastfeeding/expressing breaks as needed and no concern about getting any trouble from my employer about that. I hope to breast feed! My DH is going part-time on his course so he will be providing a significant amount of the care DS needs while I'm at work.
Any advice from anyone who has gone back this early on how to cope? We will be cosleeping and reducing expectations re housework to a minimum.
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Going back to work when DS is at most 12 weeks
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Terramirabilis · 06/08/2014 21:19
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