tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post7264951404558166811..comments2022-10-11T12:40:32.702+01:00Comments on Nearly Everything But The Kitchen Sink: To be or not to be?mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573595683899488691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-68316035489024404892012-04-26T05:29:34.528+01:002012-04-26T05:29:34.528+01:00Oh, it's really hard isn't it? When I was ...Oh, it's really hard isn't it? When I was pregnant I was told by my doctor that I had to reduce my hours because work was too stressful (long story but essentially jut at the time I found out I was pregnant someone had made 'efficiency savings' and cut the other two posts in my team, leaving me doing three jobs), and the doctor was worried what effect it would have on my daughter. I went from full time to two days a week, and of course spent the other three days doing normal things - not sitting around moping. I would occasionally bump into work people and get the dirtiest looks, as if they were saying 'how dare you be out and about, you're supposed to be ill'. Fortunately I didn't have to go back there after my girl was born but I know there was a lot of resentment at the time. I really don't think people understand that sometimes needing to be away from work isn't always because you're physically ill.Emmahttp://www.thingstobakeanddo.co.uknoreply@blogger.com