a stylish executive pushes a baby stroller while wearing sunglasses and talking on a phone; she is going back to work after maternity leave
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Open Thread: Work After Maternity Leave

ByKat Hours
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What are some of your best tips for adjusting upon returning to work after maternity leave? What do you wish you’d known, or what did you come to realize? For my own $.02: Among my friends, the end of maternity leave has loomed large in all of our lives — but on a kind of sliding scale….

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Maternity Leave — and Staying Connected to the Office

ByKat Hours
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How connected SHOULD you be on your maternity leave, and how should you keep in touch with your office? How available should your employer EXPECT you to be? If there’s a mismatch in expectations, what does it mean for your career prospects?  Maternity Leave and Staying Connected to the Office This may be a case where understanding and managing expectations is…

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Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding: As a Type A Woman What Did You Choose?

ByKat Hours
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Here’s what may be a weird question: as a Type A, goal-oriented, overachieving chick, what was your thought process regarding your decision on breastfeeding vs. formula feeding your child? What was your emotional and intellectual response to the idea of it, and how did you reason through whichever decision you made? {related: you may want…