Going back to work after maternity leave: how I'm making it work!

I took the pretty standard 12 weeks of maternity leave after Otto was born, but I "went back to work" a couple weeks ago. All in all I would say it's been going well, but it's been a huge shift and definitely hard to process!

First, I'll say this: I really like my job. I've been there just over 5 years and I'm very good at what I do (I'm a land use planner for an architecture and engineering firm). I love the people I work with, I feel ownership in what I do, I get to mentor and collaborate al...