Returning to Work after Maternity Guilt Eased by Support Groups
Are you a double duty mom? Do you feel guilt and sadness every morning you kiss your baby good-bye? Are you anxious at work thinking about how your baby is doing?
If you answered yes, a lot of women are going through the same thing you are- returning to work after maternity leave. It’s not only a shock to the system physically, but it is one of the first times a new mother leaves her baby for an extended amount of time.
Many women feel they have to go through the guilt and sadness by themselves, but there are support groups to help new mothers with the hard choice of returning to work after maternity leave.
The following are just a few of the online forums/blogs/discussion groups that help out new mothers trying to adjust back to the work force. Whether you’re a single working parent trying to work and raise a child, or attempting to change careers, glancing through these and other sites will give you more peace of mind.
This site is focused around support for parents juggling everything from returning to work after maternity leave to realizing the societal differences between raising girls and boys. There are links to finding parenting topics around a specific area and blogs discussing multiple topics. This site focuses on broad parenting topics and talks to both moms and dads.
This site was created by a group of ‘mamas’ in Portland, Washington whose slogan is “We are all full-time working mamas. We are mamas of one, two, and three children. We do the juggle of the mama, and we also love to make time to hike, bike, run, bake, knit, and whine while we drink wine.” This site is obviously geared towards mothers with an attitude who are ready to return to work after maternity and just need to see that it is definitely a doable feat.
This site deals with helping mothers (and fathers) who are stressed and need someone to vent to about returning to work. Their site is run completely by blogs. There is no content from the creators of the site; it is completely group oriented.
There are also blog sites like WorkingParents.net that don’t have live blogs like the sites above, but share advice on returning to work, day cares and balancing work with children.
