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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'll bite at your question because I'm a pregnant FTM who is going to have to continue working for economic reasons once the baby arrives.  I'll get 3 months or so of maternity leave and then it's back to my job, which I do not love.

That being said, while I do not love the subject matter of my job (it's a very boring regulatory attorney job), I try to focus on what I do like about it.  It's flexible, allows work from home several days a week, and my coworkers are very nice for the most part.  For where I am at in life, this job works, but I am always keeping an eye out for a new position.

Like you said, home is where the heart is.  But I remind myself that it is my job that will help allow us to pay for our home, start a college fund, take family vacations, etc.

For the most part, being able to decide whether to work is a luxury (regardless of whether you choose to SAH or work a job you love).  Most of us make the decision based on economic reasons -- some moms work because they need the money and some SAH because they can't afford childcare.  Sounds like you are no longer in the luxurious position of being able to choose to work or not, but that is real life.  Welcome to what the rest of us deal with all the time except we don't have a few years of being able to choose to work or not.[/quote]

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