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by Becki Coulthurst

Returning To Work

To the mums returning to work and the mums who already do, this one’s for you. 

I get it now. 

I now understand why you rush off from those meetings. I now get why you’re dashing out the door by half 4. 

I get it now. 

I’VE GONE BACK 2 DAYS A WEEK WHICH I’M THEN INCREASING TO 3. IT’S SO DIFFERENT BEING A WORKING MUM. MANAGING YOUR PRIORITIES BUT MANAGING THE GUILT TOO. WHY DO PEOPLE NOT WARN YOU ABOUT THE GUILT????!! 

That drive to work was just the worst. Rationally I know I had to go back – weddings don’t pay for themselves but I didn’t expect to feel so guilty. 

Then there’s the guilt for going back part time. Because you know before pregnancy you were that co-worker that was in early and staying late but now you’re clock watching from lunch. 

How can I be smashing motherhood and smashing work if I’m doing both part time? The truth is I don’t have the answer about the guilt but I do know there’s nothing like being reunited at the end of the day. That moment when they see you.

I get it now.

Written by Becki Coulthurst for her blog, The Mummy Journals.
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Becki is a first time to Alfie George. Shes a married twenty something primary school teacher. She lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband, Alfie and their Cavalier Teddy. Her blog documents the highs and lows of parenthood including exclusively breastfeeding for (nearly) 12 months and (hopefully) beyond.
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