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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I don't have kids yet, but work full time, [b]am pregnant and in my third trimester currently[/b].  We have no family in the area to help so once the baby is born I will be looking into a nanny if I go back to work.  But I just don't know if it is worth it.  Currently, I love my field and like my job but I dread Mondays, often feel annoyed and stressed during the workday, and feel a huge time crunch to get all my chores and errands done on the weekends (too tired after work to do anything).  This makes my weekends stressed and non-relaxing.  [/quote]

I'm currently on maternity leave with my 6-week-old (my first) after a difficult third trimester, so I say this with sympathy and respect: [i]you do not need to make this decision now, and this is not a good time to make this decision[/i].  You are tired and easily annoyed and the daily grind seems overwhelming.  It may be that after the baby arrives you feel differently about working ... or not.  You may find you like DH's staycations, or not.  But you can decide later.  If you quit now and it turns out this was all hormones and extra weight talking, you may be SOL in a tough economy when -- if you'd just postponed the decision a while -- you could have still had a job you liked in a field you loved.

So make plans to return to work after your maternity leave.  You can always change your mind and give notice while you are on leave.  Or you can go back to work for a couple weeks and, if you still hate it, quit then.  But there is no reason to limit your options right now.

Good luck![/quote]

This is the best advice I have seen so far!  Follow it.  :)[/quote]

OP here.  This is good advice, but I actually thought about quitting even before I got pregnant, and just being a stay at home wife.  Working has always annoyed me, and I've always felt stressed and exhausted by working full-time, and I just don't know if it's worth it to feel so stressed and have to rush during my weekends to get everything done.

I used to be career driven in my 20s but then it just stopped being as important in my 30s.  I enjoy my field and like what I do but I value my free time and not being stressed more.

If I made more money and had more vacation time I would feel very differently about working.  But it just doesn't seem worth it given my low paying job and lack of vacation time.

I make very little (50K) working full-time and we would basically be paying a nanny close to my hourly wage so I'm just not sure it makes sense for me to not stay at home.[/quote]

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