5.15am – Maia wakes up for the first time but unfortunately it’s not the first for me. I stayed up too late watching telly yesterday and Maia’s dream feed lasted for an hour so I only got to bed after midnight. For some reason I had disturbing dreams and kept waking up. Once I even Read More
Tag: maternityleave
Mum life part 3/5 – Wednesday
5.00am – Maia wakes up and I feed her for 15-minutes and put her back to bed. I feel like a zombie although we’ve slept for five hours. Looking back at it, I don’t know how I survived the first weeks and months with the newborn. Maia wakes up again two minutes later – sigh Read More
Mum life part 2/5 – Tuesday
5.30am – Maia wakes up for a feed having slept nearly 6 hours since the dream feed last night (at 11pm for 45-minutes). I feed her for 20-minutes and we fall asleep on my bed and sleep for another two hours (she has another 30-minute sleepy feed around 7am). 8.00am – I wake Maia up Read More
Mum life part 1/5 – Monday
But what do you DO all day on maternity leave?? I’ve been asked this question directly and indirectly, and for sure wondered it myself before having a baby. So to shed light on what I do during my days alone at home with my 15-week (3.5 months) old baby girl, I’m kicking off a series Read More
Goodbye tiny baby…
I was cleaning up another poo explosion last night and was changing Maia into a clean sleepsuit when I realised that it was too small!! When did my tiny baby grow so big?? I am of course thrilled that she’s growing well and we adore her chubby cheeks and baby rolls but until now she’s Read More
Staying up at night with baby… while still pregnant!
At around 2am I’m still awake, curled up in the corner of the sofa in the darkness feeling my baby dance in my belly. What I imagine must be her fists make my belly button pop out momentarily while her feet are rhythmically kicking my right side. I’m snacking on whatever first met my hand Read More
Leaving the City – last day of work before maternity leave
This is it, I’m done! (For now anyway.) After six years of sitting in front of my screens or running around Northern Europe with pitchbooks in my suitcase, I’m taking a break from bond issues, credit spreads, interest rate swap movements and all things fun (to some that is 😊). No more early morning commutes Read More
How do you take maternity leave from investment banking?
I don’t know. In theory, it’s very simple – just get pregnant and inform HR of when and how long you’ll be away- but in practice… it’s less obvious. Even a bigger question is how do you return to an investment banking career after having a baby, but since I don’t have to think about that Read More