Mommy Antics: The Journey to the Fulltime Mom Gig
The first time that pregnancy test showed two lines, I froze. I felt both
excitement and anxiety. Don’t get me wrong, having a baby is what me and my
husband were waiting for, the moment we got married. But being a mom...well,
that’s a whole different story.
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In my head I kept asking myself, am I ready to be a mother? To change
diapers, let alone carry a fragile, little person? How could I take care of our
baby while working? Should I give up my office work? Should we get a maid? Yes,
my expectation reached that far off.
In the middle of my pregnancy, me and my husband started “the talk” on
should I or shouldn’t I resign from my work. He was very willing to shoulder
all the expenses himself, and I admire my husband for being that responsible.
We’re a young couple (I was 23 and he was 24 then), and we haven’t saved that
much and so thinking about giving up my job was a BIG risk. He was sure, I wasn’t.
Later in my pregnancy, I felt more and more inclined to the decision of
taking the fulltime mommy career. Reading on books and online articles on being
a stay at home mom heightened my interest on quitting my office job. But I
still wasn’t 100% decided. I also asked advice from family and friends and they
had mixed comments, which got me even more confused.
But you want to know what had me make up my mind?
It was that moment I held that fragile, little person in my arms at the
brightly lit delivery room, for all to see.
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| When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child ~Sophia Loren |
That said, I still had a go at the office mom career for about a month
tops. Eventually, I found the day to day schedule both tiring and stressful. I had to commute from QC to Makati. I had to pump milk during breaks. Sometimes, doing work overtime was necessary. I
reached that point when I thought “this
isn’t worth it anymore”...When all you look forward to, the moment you leave the house is going home at the end of the day..
In the end, my baby made my decision for me. Why? Because
having him kickstarted all the resilient maternal instincts I didn’t know I had! I knew then and there that the stay at home mom career was for me!
In the end, I picked him...
How about you? Tell us why you chose your career: to
be an office mom or a stay at home mom. What factors made you decide?
Sincerely,
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