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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is my experience.  I chose to say home when my twins were 5 months old.  I left a 6 figure medical sales position.  At the time I had been in my sales career for 11 years.  My husband has an even better career in finance for a fortune 50 company.  We also made his decision in February 2009 when at the time layoffs were the norm.  Our plan was to sah until the boys were at least 3 but if we could get them to KG we would before I returned to work.  So how did everything work out. Great actually.  My husband says now that he felt really proud and a good provider during the time I was home.  At the time I left my position, everyone said I was crazy to ggive up my position, but I felt the crazy decision was to continue working ft.  The kicker is this fall I got an offer with another great company, same industry making more money and great future growth.  My career didn't suffer at all like most will tell you on this board, it actually wouldn't be any different if I continued working.  In total I was home 4 years with my boys, they went to 1/2 day preschool 3 days a week last year and this year are doing great at their full time pre k class.  Financially our income of course was down for those four years, but we just cut back expensese, but net worth wise we did just fine.  What I miss the most is the flexibility we enjoyed with me not working.  It allowed us to take some great family vacations during those years.  So yes we did it, no family close by, no nannies, I have great memories of the boys early years, and would not make the choice to continue working if I could do it over again.  Everyone circumstances are different, marriages are all unique, personal goals vary etc.  I just wanted to offer my story to let other families see that real people do still choose to stay home.  It is not always about the money people.  [/quote]

Hi, I really enjoyed reading your story. I am in Government consulting and I went part time 7 yrs ago when I decided to start a family. Now that I am re entering the work force as a full time employee, I would like to make a career change to the medical sales arena. I realize that I will have to start at the bottom and take a pay cut, however I believe my experience and knowledge in client handling and business development will only be an asset as I begin a new career path. Would you be able to share and tips or advice as to how I can make this transition? I would be more than happy to speak with you via email if you prefer. Thanks in advance for your time.[/quote]

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