Are you a career woman cum mom? - Page 2

Originally posted by: deepa_jd

nope..
a free birdie

Such a cutie...

Mudra, your courage and fortitude are inspiring, to say the very least...thank you so much for sharing what you have...

but am sure there are times when you regret your choices and maybe, even resent your family for being the stumbling blocks in the way of your career...my mother-in-law even now laments of how she would have gone to TISS, had even secured admission but marriage to my father-in-law put an end to it...of course, all this moaning happens when the family does not agree with her on things...😆

But, if you don't mind my asking, can you tell me if you would have done things differently given the choice? And how?

Originally posted by: mudraswathi

Career of a woman suffers definitely with the motherhood ,how much ever supporting system one has... The emotional and physical stress leads a woman to make several sacrifices... one cannot stay late.. take leave quite often when the child is sick... many times no escape from the household work... It is very stressful to have all the male colleague's (sometimes inferior ones too) comments for the disability to stay back and do the work and often women are not assigned with important tasks...

I had taken a break because I was not well after the first child birth and immediately after the second child's birth...and... Though, I regained confidence within two years ,I did not join and opted for being stay-at-home mother as I had noticed, my son has an extraordinary ability in maths and I liked to hone his skills and monitor him personally to give him correct environment and exposure...

Almost after 10 years I have joined back in the work, and was the junior most...had to slog twice than a colleague who is ten years younger than me... I completed Post graduation from IITB with a rank exactly after 20 years... Though I have guided and mentored several research based projects... I am almost 20 years behind my once upon classmates... In my field of work, the degrees we achieve, the funded projects we attract are the mile stones than today my son standing on the top of the hill... I might have achieved something great being a mom...but surely lost my career ...

loved ur post mudra !
u really are amazing...
hats off sweetheart !

Originally posted by: Sujatha.rao

But, if you don't mind my asking, can you tell me if you would have done things differently given the choice? And how?

I dont think I would have taken any other choice... even if few things havnt happened that were not in my hand.

Originally posted by: mudraswathi

I dont think I would have taken any other choice... even if few things havnt happened that were not in my hand.

Salute you once again, Mudra...👏🤗

Career of a woman suffers definitely with the motherhood ,how much ever supporting system one has... The emotional and physical stress leads a woman to make several sacrifices... one cannot stay late.. take leave quite often when the child is sick... many times no escape from the household work... It is very stressful to have all the male colleague's (sometimes inferior ones too) comments for the disability to stay back and do the work and often women are not assigned with important tasks...

I had taken a break because I was not well after the first child birth and immediately after the second child's birth,, I did not join and opted for being stay-at-home mother as I had noticed, my son has an extraordinary ability in maths and I liked to hone his skills and monitor him personally to give him correct environment and exposure...

Almost after 10 years I have joined back in the work, and was the junior most...had to slog twice than a colleague who is ten years younger than me... I completed Post graduation from IITB with a rank exactly after 20 years... Though I have guided and mentored several research based projects... I am almost 20 years behind my once upon classmates... In my field of work, the degrees we achieve, the funded projects we attract are the mile stones than today my son standing on the top of the hill... I might have achieved something great being a mom...but surely lost my career ...

I am not very much career minded woman. Yes, me married at 22 after completing my CA(inter) and completed CA(final) when I was pregnant . I became MOM at 24. I took 1yr break & then started working. Actually I married to a family whom I knew from my childhood as my father-in-law & my dad is classmates. So, I went to a family where I was not at all new. So, my mom and mom-in-law used to take care of my baby. So, it was not at all a problem. Actually I used to miss my Daughter throughout the day. When my daughter was 4yrs old we relocated at Mumbai stayed there for 2yrs then shifted to USA stayed there for 4yrs again back to india 2yrs back. During Mumbai & USA stay I was not working .Now again started working.

Originally posted by: mudraswathi

Career of a woman suffers definitely with the motherhood ,how much ever supporting system one has... The emotional and physical stress leads a woman to make several sacrifices... one cannot stay late.. take leave quite often when the child is sick... many times no escape from the household work... It is very stressful to have all the male colleague's (sometimes inferior ones too) comments for the disability to stay back and do the work and often women are not assigned with important tasks...

I had taken a break because I was not well after the first child birth and immediately after the second child's birth...and... Though, I regained confidence within two years ,I did not join and opted for being stay-at-home mother as I had noticed, my son has an extraordinary ability in maths and I liked to hone his skills and monitor him personally to give him correct environment and exposure...

Almost after 10 years I have joined back in the work, and was the junior most...had to slog twice than a colleague who is ten years younger than me... I completed Post graduation from IITB with a rank exactly after 20 years... Though I have guided and mentored several research based projects... I am almost 20 years behind my once upon classmates... In my field of work, the degrees we achieve, the funded projects we attract are the mile stones than today my son standing on the top of the hill... I might have achieved something great being a mom...but surely lost my career ...

I started working when my son was in 9th class,,,Till then i was just a normal housewife, though did my masters in business admn. ofcourse, was lagging behind when compared to some of my friends,,,,But today i'm extremely happy n content with wottever i hv done for my self n my family... ofcourse, only with all their support. Life is full of surprises of all forms ---- and i enjoyed every bit of it till now. and waiting for more.

Nice post. I am Mom and Working too.