Having it all (as a woman and mother)

[MrsK]

There is something to be said about the paid leave. At my old firm, partners had paid leave but no one else did. And, since there were so few female partners and most of those were past having babies, I was the second person ever in the firm's history to take a paid maternity leave. A lot of the staff used to return to work very soon after having babies because they could not afford to take an unpaid leave. The law required that their jobs were held but not that their leave was paid.

[Michele]

I'm just annoyed that I "mommy-tracked" and now have to try to salvage my career. Grumble grumble.

[bokelley]

I agree with whoever sad the work week is slowly become 24/7 ( or something like that) as a practice manager I am expected to basically be available at anytime a dr needs me. I work for 3 female ob/gyn and u don't get paid leave and it is kinda a unspoken rule that u come back to ur job ASAP after birth. From reception to management it's work work work.

[SoonerTexan]

Marissa Mayer gave birth last night--I guess we will see how things go. Hopefully good!