straight back to work from child-birth

Well personally, I would not feel good at all sending a newborn to a daycare center. First of all theres all the germs and sickness that other children would bring into the center, and secondly, you can probably find a story every day about someone being negligent at daycare places. A newborn should stay with their mother for as long as possible.

in my city, according to law, every career woman may enjoy 4-month leave with salary after baby-bearing. I was lucky enough having nearly 8 months to stay full-time with my daughter then. 4 month leave plus nearly 4 months of summer vacation as a univesity teacher. Yes, I feel every day with a newborn will be valuable, you may learn more of the baby, and make gradual and better adjustment to be a mother day by day. It means much more than job things.

With my mom, I did not go back to work for a year, but I had also just moved to a really rural area and didn't have a job. After my daughter was born, I went back after three weeks. By then I had a job and projects that I was working on. Not the the projects were more important than my daughter, but I had responsibilities and I don't take those lightly. My husband and I were able to work out a schedule where one of us were with the kids 95-99% of the time.

Sadly, I have bben there. My second child was born on a Saturday morning, I got out of the hospital on Sunday, and returned to work on Monday. This was almost 11 years ago now, but it was what I had to do. I was the only one working and had babies to feed. My job had no beneits, and only paid minimum wage. Sadly, five weeksa after I returned to work, my son passed away. I have always felt that I missed his entire short life, even though I had my special time with him and my oldest son each day after work. I didn't get to spend every minute if hislife with him. I know that times are really hard right now for many of us, but I would have to say that nothing compares to those first few weeks of a baby's life. Ater my son passed, and I got pregnant again, I never rushed back to work again. It didn't matter to m how hard things were at the time, I knew God would helkp e through it. What mattered to me was being home with my kids. I would really urge any one who is getting ready to have a baby to take that time off of work to enjoy your little one in his/her first weeks of life. If you must go back to work, wait until the very last minute to do so. Nothing can replace those first weeks of life.

I did that with only one of my children. I generally took off a few weeks. This time around though I've been home with both of them, and still am. I am enjoying their young periods. I think it's ok for both trains of thought though. A child can be just as loved by a working mom as by a stay at home mom. Namaste-Anora

I went back to work 5 weeks after my daughter was born because we could not afford for me to be out of work. If I had my choice, I would not go back to work until they have graduated from high school. A newborn who is nurtured and has thier needs met will be okay if it is the mom, dad, grandma, nanny, or day care center.