In exactly 15 days I will resume my full time job responsibilities as a Crisis Intervention Specialist. I will also be a mom. I have no idea how I am going to do both of these things, let alone do both of them well. Today I layer in bed with Potamus having a mini panic attack that left my heart feeling crippled with fear and my fingers frantically searching the interwebz for part time therapy jobs that pay buco bucks (note: these jobs simply do not exist).
I keep telling myself that it will all be okay, that women all over manage to have babies and work, too. I tell myself that the first few weeks of Potamus’s life was hard, and I cried a bunch, and that this will be hard, but I will get through it, too. But I really feel like I just might poop my pants with fear of this transition.
How will I survive? Will Potamus still love me? Will I still be able to nurse him and have that lovely bond?
boof & monk-monk 
I’d say don’t fret 🙂 it all depends on how much you are willing to put into your child. From the sound of it, you’ll do well as a working mom 🙂
Thanks! I love what I do, and think I will enjoy working. I mostly always have preemptive anxiety…I didn’t think I could be pregnant and be a crisis counselor or even be a mom and I have managed! The unknown is just scary, though!
Thanks for the encoragement 🙂