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cooking_mom
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Juggling work, maternity leave and a new baby

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10-13-2011 09:29 PM

It's Cooking Mom from the Mom to Mom blog. I'm a little stressed out about maternity leave and the all of a sudden realization that I'm going to have a newborn in my life very soon - maybe even this week. You can read about my anxiety in my recent post: The Juggle - work, maternity leave and a new baby.

 

I was hoping some other moms can sympathize or seasoned moms can share how they managed this stage. I was running my own business last time around and was able to scale back to part- part-time so didn't have quite the same worries.

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Colleen2878
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Re: Juggling work, maternity leave and a new baby

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10-27-2011 12:28 PM

I hear you - I experienced the same thing when I was on maternity leave with my daughter. The stress of life and work and a new baby can be overwhelming. The best advice I can say is to take a deep breath and know that things will fall into place. At the end of the day, nothing is more important than caring for the new baby in your life - enjoy that time, it goes fast!

 

Let yourself lean on other people more than usual - trust that they will be there to help you (family members, co-workers, etc). They want to help, so be sure to let them! Good luck and congrats!

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