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Stress, Stress and more Stress!

Stress, Stress and more Stress!

The business is going from strength to strength.  The baby is nearly one, the eight year old is growing fast and the teen is off for work experience. Life is busy and getting busier.  I am now doing three jobs, running a home, organising family life and feeling worn out. And I have a baby who never wants to sleep!…

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Back to work - groan!

 Well the countdown to my return to work has started.  I have just over a fortnight to go till my maternity leave is finished and I am dreading leaving the baby.…

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Maternity Leave?

With still two months to go until I go back to work I should be taking it easy and bonding with my lovely baby daughter.  But this is real life isn't it and no sooner do I think I will at last get into a routine and get on top of the housework and be a full time mum than my husband has other ideas.…

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The Hard Slog

The Hard Slog

Well the maternity leave is almost over. Short of winning the lottery I will have to return to work.  Why instead of encouraging mums to use childcare and go back to work, don't the government allow us to be paid to stay at home till they at least start school?…

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Pregnant or Over the Hill?

Does pregnancy mean that you are now unable to even consider a career?  Does the fact that you want more babies and the chance to have a career mean that you are completely insane?  Or do the words "I'm pregnant" actually translate into "I am now over the hill and completely unable to do a decent days work until my child is at least 18, if ever?"…

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