Heading back to work after maternity leave can be a difficult transition. It’s not easy to leave your baby at nursery or with somebody else, and it can be difficult to switch between parent-mode and work-mode. A 2020 survey of 1,000 mothers found 31% found it harder than they expected to return to their job after an average of ten months' maternity leave1.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/looking-after-your-mental-health-when-going-back-to-work-after-having-a-baby