HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY RETURN TO WORK AFTER MATERNITY LEAVE

Childbirth is an amazing experience, however, it comes with a lot of challenges. A lot of working mothers find it difficult to deal with the emotional demands of motherhood. The stress of juggling a career and motherhood can take a toll on you and your family. If you have recently given birth and want to return to work, these ideas will make the transition easy for you.

Invest in Essential Child Care Items: Items like breast pumps, food warmers, and nursing pads are essential for new mothers. One of the challenges of resuming work after childcare is making sure your baby is well fed. You can express milk before leaving for work so that your caregiver can feed your baby while you are away.

Pamper Yourself: Get a trusted caregiver to look after your baby at least a week before you return to work. Then take a few hours a day to relax. You could go to the spa, go shopping, hang out with friends or simply get some sleep.

Hire a Nanny or Childcare Expert: Before returning to work, hire a qualified caregiver to look after your baby. Also, do a background check on the person or day care centre you intend to put your child while going to work.

Keep Your Support System Strong: Make sure you connect with your friends and family at least once a week, this helps you relax for a few hours. Accept their offer to look after your baby while you are at work. This way your baby will be with familiar faces few times a week.

Contact HR: Email or have a meeting with the HR to know the best time to discuss your resumption. They can bring you up-to-date on projects that were completed during your absence and future projects. You can also discuss your work hours with them.

Look Good: Your maternity outfits should no longer have a place in your wardrobe after you have given birth. Pregnancy changes your body, so do a wardrobe inventory. If your regular work clothes don’t fit anymore, buy new outfits. You have to look good to feel good.

Get Everything Ready the Night Before: Before going to bed, make a schedule of things you want to do the next day. Make sure that your outfit is ready, organise your work and baby’s bag to avoid forgetting important items at home.

Ease into Your Work Schedule: Resume work on a Wednesday or Thursday, so you can get used to the flow again.
Have Lunch: Never get consumed with work that you forget to have lunch. This is also an opportunity to socialise and catch up on work with your colleagues.

Basically, be mentally and emotionally prepared to face work pressures. You should not feel guilty about leaving your baby for hours. If you have hired a qualified caregiver, your baby will be fine while you are away. However, make sure you spend quality time with your baby when you get back from work or during the weekend.

Paternity leave nko?

Quite interesting tho! But I think all that office thing goes to my man d father of my kids I need quality time with my babies. That's why I prefer being my own boss as a mom to be. I don't think I can ever be the nanny kind of a mom with all this kidnapping news ... Apart from that I don't think I'd be comfortable leaving my babies in the care of another woman... Wetin do me? Just saying #Myopinion.

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cool piece

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nice, but what if na triplet?

Wow..dis is a nice information.. Tnx Ops really helpful

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lol...what a coincidence. I resumed on the 27th.from 16 weeks maternity leave...

thanks Op... this piece is helpful.

Okay oo

Nice one !

In dis recession where d money to dey hire all those people listed above?
Just go find person from ur wife village and escape all these expenses.

not ready now... but nice tok

Nice write-up.

Pearly255:
Quite interesting tho! But I think all that office thing goes to my man d father of my kids I need quality time with my babies. That's why I prefer being my own boss as a mom to be. I don't think I can ever be the nanny kind of a mom with all this kidnapping news ... Apart from that I don't think I'd be comfortable leaving my babies in the care of another woman... Wetin do me? Just saying #Myopinion.

Naso all of una dey talk....you go soon face reality

Nice write up. But getting a good caregiver remains the most challenging aspect in this day and time unless you have a mother who can supervise her. I'm talking from experience.
These nannies can be deadly. They do something else when not supervised. Imagine my Nanny not even measuring the quantity of water before adding formula even after series of lectures.
I know of a Banker who lost her baby to her Nanny's carelessness.

Just relax and resume....u will eventually fit into the workforce again and ur baby will do just great.

Returning back to work after my maternity leave was indeed a very difficult task for me. I felt guilty leaving my baby at home but luckily for me my mum closed her shop and helped to look after my baby until she was 10 months old. At 11 months I enrolled my baby in a school close to my place of work. After my mum, the school is the next caregiver I can trust.
I bring her back to the office by 3 - 4pm and work closes by 6pm. We leave home by 6:40 - 7am and get back home between 7:20 - 7:30pm on the days that traffic is less.
This motherhood and wifehood thing no easy o but with God we will succeed.

What a coincidence, am resuming work tomorrow after 3 months maternity leave. This will help, thanks op

Nice topic,thanks for sharing. I just resumed work early Feb after 7months,and it's not moimoi. I even cried in my office the day my mum called and told me she was cring all through. I had to close and go home immediately. So I can imagine how tough is it to resume at just 3months. I thank God for keeping my mum alive,Daalu Jesu I Meela! Mum's my baby caregiver for now and my mind is at rest. Getting a trusted care giver in the era is not easy with crime on the rise. I don't mind being a full time mum till baby is good to go (Ginikanwa). God abeg pick my DH call abeg.

Pearly255:
Quite interesting tho! But I think all that office thing goes to my man d father of my kids I need quality time with my babies. That's why I prefer being my own boss as a mom to be. I don't think I can ever be the nanny kind of a mom with all this kidnapping news ... Apart from that I don't think I'd be comfortable leaving my babies in the care of another woman... Wetin do me? Just saying #Myopinion.

I agree with you Pearly255, not everyone's comfortable with leaving their babies with nannies. But as much as we preach entrepreneurship, it's not for everyone.

jossy4elated:
What a coincidence, am resuming work tomorrow after 3 months maternity leave. This will help, thanks op

You are welcome.

Nnenna2too:
Wow..dis is a nice information.. Tnx Ops really helpful

u don born?