I'm a Tenancy support worker, basically supporting ex-homeless and vulnerable people in tenancies so they don't get evicted and can manage their home. also try to get them back into work/training. just wondering what other mums do for work?

I work as a Child care social worker, just returned to work after taking 3 years out. Glad to be back but find it hard working with very vunerable young children when my own children are so young. I coped with the job better when I didnt have children. I work part -time, I could not cope full time, too busy with my 3 boys.

I work for the NHS and I'm a team secretary for a mental health team. I love my job and the people i work with are great. I've been back to work since beg of Feb and have to say i'm really enjoying it. xx

I work at a firm of solictors as a secretary. Been off for what seems like ages and today is my first day back and it's go so quick.

I am so tired but can't wait to go and collect Summer from nursery after 5, i've missed her so much. This is the first time i've been away from her for so long.

I work as a Contracts Manager. I am about to go back to work in two weeks...I feel both excited and scared, its very strange :-)

I'm a Senior Clerical Officer in a Higher Education College and love my job. I am due to go back to work on 1st July which I am not looking forward to in a way as I have to leave Kara. Although in a way I am looking forward to get back to mix with the others again. Probably when I am back I will wish I was off again spending time with Kara. Bills have to be paid though so I have no choice.

We work for ourselves arranging stag 'n' hen parties and providing accommodation for groups which i absolutely adore however since having lo haven't been able to return yet but hope to do so soon.

Before I left for maternity leave, I was a business manager for a busy MINI dealership - I loved it even though the hours were long and the pressures were huge. I decided to take a 'demotion' just before finishing as I didn't think I could deal with the really long days and working lots of weekends when my little baby arrived. It was the right decision for sure as although I have to go back to work on 7th April, it's Monday - Friday 9am till 5pm with no pressure at all!! I'm going back to be a corporate sales administrator at the same dealership but working for the BMW side rather than MINI.
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Hiya i am a support worker for people with speacial needs, i support a young guy with downs!

I love my job and i only work 2 days a week which is fine - its good to get some time to yourself! Lewis loves being away from me for awhile, he is always happy to see me when i come home but he doesn't miss me well my mum says he doesn't!

lawyer

hi, i am a veterinary nurse. been qualified for 4 years now. really enjoy it and hope to find a part-time job as my current boss wants be to work until 7pm but i don't want to as thats when Kaitlin goes to bed.

hi i'm a maintenance tradesperson at a jaguar car factory i've been back at work for a month now, and have been training in robot programming it's a change from changing nappies. i'm working day's at the mo but will be back on 3 shift's soon don't know how i will cope i'm already knackered.

hiya

im a police officer and absolutly dreading going back to work. I love my job so much but even going on a two week holiday leaves you feeling dazed and slightly lost when you get back so have no idea how im gonna cope after 6 months off!!

Hi Mickymatt

I'm a helicopter administrator for an offshore company and I started back at work on Monday for 4 days a week. My little boy is 6 1/2 months now.

I have to say I am so pleased i've come back to work! I done it for financial reasons but i'm sdo glad i did. I have missed Shea like crazy but he was getting to the stage where he was getting really needy for me so I think it's done him some good me being away and it also made me feel like an human adult again!! I love being a mum but I couildn't be a fulltime at home mum - it would drive me in sane!!

It's my last day of the week now and although I'm very tired I feel like i've accomplished alot this week and am very proud of myself for coping so well.

If I could give you any advice it would be to get yourself organised the night before!! If your not organised life will be a nightmare!!

Good luck and let me know how you get on
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hi i have been back at work for 2 weeks after my maternity leave, i'm a health care assistant on a neonatal unit. i was worried about going back as so much had changed but its fab

I'm self employed and work from home. I'm currently applying for a wedding licence to hold civil ceremonies etc at our home and we also are planning a number of musical events. I have just got our website live and had a thumbs up from the police events team for an event I am planning on 26th May, so have got lots of work to do in getting the marketing done for that event to ensure the tickets sell.

I have 3 children aged 13, 9 and nearly 5 months...and are sort of trying for no.4 - we must be mad!!!

I do miss being employed and having a regular salary - but being self employed and our home being our business means that I can fit it around Violet - though of course it does mean that I tend to do a lot of work at night too!

I'm a primary teacher, still on mat leave but can do 10 'keeping in touch' days aka 'easy supply money!' at my school while off. I did a day 3 week back and am doing a day and a half next week. I really enjoed being back there (not like I've left really as ds1 started there in Sept so I'm there twice a day!) and will be ready to go back in September, hopefully p/t providing hubby (also a primary teacher) gets a deputy headship!

I work in civil service at the min, going to uni in january though.

personnal banker - have been doing my KIT days, but my mat leave is now officially over and start "properly" back on Monday - part time - monday-wednesday

I'm a specialist nurse working with vulnerable children. Have been back full time since lo born in March 07 but am preg again so hopefully will go part time after next mat break.

Im a staff nurse on an orthopaedic ward!!! Dreading going back but I was only part time when left and thats what im oding when I go back 2 12 hour shifts a week. x

im a nursery nurse x

I'm an accounts assistant by day and i'm ttraining to be an accountant by night, i go to college 2 nights a week and i'm just about to sit my final 2nd yr exams in 2 weeks.

Its hard work with a 6 yr old but it's evenharder pregnant as i'm so tired all the time.

Dont know how i'm going to get through my last year with a newborn as well, it's a bit of a dilemma

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Hi I'm a shoe repairer and run my own shop....hectic with a lil one but its great fun xx

im a insurance claims handler for a big company called ival which works on behalf of norwich-union,im 24 weeks and am planning on working right up until 1 week before my due date then i plan to take 6-8 weeks of and go back part time xx

I'm a nursery nurse but want a new job with a bit more of a challenge...its too routine now x

Hi Ginger,
I'm a accountant too! Been waiting to sit my finals since first major flunk in '96!!!. Work pressures were crap so I decided to get work back on track before trying again. Then my daughter came along, I lost my dad and I thought sod it there are more important things in life than exams!!! I do eventually intend on qualifying. The fact that you can now get a year off for mat leave means I'll be able to study one day a week. Or so the plan is!
Hat's off to all working mothers who let's face it are still expected to do all the childcare, ironing, cleaning etc etc....
Rant over
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P.S. Ginger good luck with the exams and try not to go into labour during. When u due?

I'm a PQ Accountant, too. I'm hoping to have a first go at the CIMA final exams in November by studying one day a week. Which qual are you going for MAC1?

Hi Lychees,
ACCA. Fortunately for me they changed the syllabus again which meant an extention for time limit on completing the exams, plus they also now allow individual pass retentions which they didn't before. The only thing is I now need to do a couple of papers from scratch. Never mind!!!
Good luck for your Nov exams. When's your baby due?
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hi im a full time hca for elderly people in their own homes. I love my job but i seem to get so sucked in and find it hard not to leave it behind when i come home! I currently work until 2pm monday to fri and until 1pm at weekends. it works well for us as me and daughter have lunch together,go to park get shopping ect and then go home where hubby finshes at 3:30 so we get alot more time together than alot of working parents and then we play altogether until teatime,i get dinner whilst they set the table and then we all snuggle down and watch a bit of t.v or do some colouring and then when daughter goes to bed we get some adult time (me on here and hubby watching t.v lol)

I was a full time HCA in my local hospital working on the medical ward. We specialise in rehab and the terminally(sp?) ill. We take all ages but usually our cliental (sp?) is 60 plus. I now work part time, went back after 10.5 months off for mat leave. I love my job. I'm lucky aswell as work have agreed to work my shifts around oh as he works a set shit pattern so I don't have to worry about childcare and its costs.

I am also a staff nurse working in ITU. I am due to go back next Wednesday and am abslutely dreading it!!! I am going back full time initially, but I totally underestimated how I was going to feel about it and I cannot bear the thought of leaving my little boy who is only 4 months! I am in Jersey and the maternity leave is different here, we dont get so long off. But I dont even care now, I dont care about the money at all, I just want to be off with my boy. I am going to see if I can drop my hours...not even back to work yet and I am already thinking how I can get around thinkgs...fingers crossed x

i work in petrol station as a cashier in tipton west midlands

hi iam a managing director for a employment agency
also i just running a chain of nursing homes and i run a nursery.
i am thinking of running private schools.
the business are very hard work and running really well.
not bad for someone who is expecting next month.

Hi, i am a care worker looking after the old people. I went back to work full time after my first child. My second is due in December and have decided to go part time as i missed out on so much with my first.

Hi Im Vicky, mum to Joshua who is 14 months old.

Im going back to work monday as deputy manager of Warehouse (the clothes shop) I used to be the manager but im now doing deputy so i can work part time ( 4 days a week no weekends which is like gold dust to get in retail) Cant wait im going to miss Joshua but I love retail and have missed it so much xxx

Hi everyone,

I'm mummy to Emma, who's almost 18 months old. I work as a Business Analyst (full time), and took 6 months off when she was born. I am lucky though - my mum, aunt and my husband's mum share babysitting, so we don't have to worry about nursery/childminder fees. It's great having people we know and trust to look after our daughter - I don't know if I'd have been comfortable enough to leave her with strangers!

Aww Vicky, glad your back doing what you enjoy. Am I right in thinking you passed up a dream job in window dressing cause of the hours or something similar or am I thinking of someone completely different??

Hope all goes well for you hun xx

Hi everyone. Since having my son in December, I now work for myself as a health and beauty product consultant, I also coach people in setting up their own businesses like mine. It has changed my life as I now do not need to worry about childcare as I work around my children (11,4 and 7months!). Seems a world away from working full time in BT with 2 children! If anyone would like any information please let me know...:\)