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I really dread to go work even though i'm on 3 days work-week, this arrangement will end come June...

I felt relief to have 4 months of maternity & some $ from govt, as compared to mothers who enjoyed only 2 or 3 mths of maternity previously, how did they manage to go back to work feeling so tired & not rested? now i wonder are those mcys policymakers all men and do not understand the needs of mothers? how about longer maternity leave & have shorter work week, start at 10am, end at 4pm so mothers are not so frazzled and stress.

Now i'm struggling to have a consistent pump routine at work which is proving to be futile. I was so adamant about scheduling my mtgs AROUND my pump- time and my colleague told me in horror that i can't do that, i must lead my life as usual and schedule the pump-time around my mtgs instead. so often, you will see me scurrying along the corridor with the heavy backpack. The backpack is so heavy to lug around, to & fro work, to meetings with partners & all, really wonder how long i can last with the work schedule & sometimes i go to meeting venues where there's no nursing room. On top of that, i'm hungry constantly and need to have my mid morning & afternn snacks.

As JY is still refusing the bottle, I will hastily feed her slightly after 7am before getting ready to work & it's always a mad dash home at 6pm, bathe, settle the expressed milk, wash bottles then feed her slightly after 7pm. and she still wakes up at night sometimes to feed or cry at least twice. Weekends are reserved to go back in-laws place and catch up with WJ & have some quality family togetherness.

I'm still so tired and litle wonder that mothers have absolutely no time for social life. I'm no longer a light sleeper & i nod off to sleep at least once a day at work.

posted by Ling @ 10:49 pm