I am new here and will be new to motherhood with nearly 40. Whilst I've grown up with 5 siblings am under no illusion how much work a baby can be having had to help out back then. My current situation is this, am working in IT on a rolling contract and love my job it pays for my lifestyle. I unfortunately have no luxury to take too much time off if I intend to stay in this contract. I live on my own, my own house etc. I am with the father and eventually closer to the time the Idea is him moving in. Nevertheless before I have a conversation with my assignment manager soon and try to negotiate an extension with flexibility, I was interested how other lovely mum's did manage work and newborns. I want to be equipped for the conversation as much as I can. Also I do save money as a plan b in case the contract won't be extended which I doubt bc they are desperate to keep everyone due to workload.
I wondered if anyone can share some insight/experience.😊