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Wanting to Work

Do Stay-at-Home Moms Miss the Rat Race?

By Megan L. Fowler

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Her advice: "Follow what your heart tells you," she says. "Take a deep breath and bear with it because things will eventually change." But most important, she says, "Enjoy your kids, because you never know when you might be forced to go back to work, and then you miss out on so much. Kids are only this age once."

Jackie Kelvington
When Jackie Kelvington of Winter Park, Fla., became pregnant with her first child, she was in a fast-paced position as a public relations director. When her daughter, MacKenzie, was born, she decided not to take back her full-time position. "It was a very difficult decision," she says. "I am very career-minded and loved my job and the people I worked with."

During those last few months of her pregnancy, Kelvington realized her desire to work diminished. "Before she was born, I would get massages to make time for me," she says. "Then later on in the pregnancy I was ready to get out of work. My focus was changing, and I could feel my body telling me it was time to slow down. But I was surprised at how little I longed to work once I was home with her."

After about five months, Kelvington realized how much she missed her career, so she worked out a compromise. Rather than going back full time, she started a consulting business out of her home part time and was still able to enjoy her daughter. "Our family would be very hard pressed to live on one salary, as is the case with most families," she says. "So I am able to contribute financially and am actually making more money than I did in my last job. Two years into this, however, I still miss an office, being around people and having adult conversations every day. But I am involved, and I stay in touch. The first five months, there was some wanting to go back, but for the most part, it was being there for MacKenzie and making sure our family was in good shape."


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