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144. What nobody tells you about going back to work after maternity leave — Andrea Giacomelli
There's a phase of working motherhood that is underrepresented, everyone talks about the birth announcement, the first day back, but no one talks about all the messy stuff in between.
We're talking about finding out you're pregnant three months into a new job. Being diagnosed with HELLP syndrome at 38 weeks and having your baby under general anesthesia in the span of 12 hours. Going off your ADHD medication during pregnancy. Taking nine months of mat leave. And returning to work while simultaneously moving cities, starting daycare, doing a renovation, and your husband switching jobs.
It's a…
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