congratulations... i bet your really excited.
I had my little girl back in November, i had opened a room in a salon and then found out i was pregnant, my colleague left so i went alone. My family were really concerned as id previously had a bad experience and was pretty much bed bound. I brushed off all of their concerns and was determined to be fine.
I was working part time teaching and part time doing treatments doing 2 late nights a week till 10pm. I had only a couple of days where i felt unwell but had a fab pregnancy which made all the difference.
I decided to look for someone to help me out, i found a nice girl who did part time. She helped out from around 7 months til i had her. She was a nightmare, but one that could not be avioded. Im pretty sure she was on the fiddle as i was limited with ways to monitor it, the takings were down and i had her on a commision. 50% was way too much, so that was a lesson learnt.
Towards the end on my pregnancy she was becoming unreliable, although i really did like her, she was a pain. She called in sick when i went into labour so i was phoning around between contractions lol.
She pretty much worked full time for the last couple of weeks as i was too fat. I really didnt know what i was going to do, i thought about closing it down and spoke about it seriously.
It was so hard to make a plan as i didnt know how id feel about the baby and whether i could leave her. Never the less i had the baby and she continued to work for me.
After 2 weeks, a string of complaints and no profit for me i decided to let her go and go back to work. I had a friend who helped me out for a couple of days but by christmas i was back working full time.
I found it very hard, especially as i breast fed up to christmas, i was stressed trying to express till late the night before, i wasnt eating enough throughout the day at work to produce breast milk and was leaving my partner at home for 12 hours with the baby.
Of course i missed her like crazy but needs must and we needed to earn money as we decided my partner would be the stay at home dad. Im sure many mums will be shocked, some people even may think im a little mean but i really loved my job enough to go back. I actually enjoyed getting back to work, i felt pretty relaxed after a few weeks that my hubby could take good care of her.
I had a nice rest over christmas and went straight back in January. Having other people helped me out but did have a negative impact on business as they were all a little useless in their own way.. i.e not cleaning, cancelling clients, not turning up on time, fiddling earnings. But i did need the help. The negative impact with going back to work so quick on me was that i became very ill after christmas, colds, flu, sickness, teeth problems and generally looked abit of a state. TIRED>>>>
The positive impact, business is still going and now i plan to open my new salon in 8 weeks ish.
Id say to do it you need a really good partner to support, we havent much family so rely on eachother. Its been quite stressful and the last couple of months my evenings have increased and as your probably thinking theres still housework, washing and paperwork to do when im at home. I havent been able to spend as much time with my little sade as obviously id like to but i get the best of her.. lol im the fun parent that shes excited to see at the end of the day. Im sure something that i will never experience again as my partner wont have the opportunity to stay off with any of our other children due to his career.
Its a difficult decision that you cant really make until the baby is here unfotunately xxx good luck... :hug:
