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
xx

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?
xx

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...:\)