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A group for teachers who are pregnant, on maternity leave or just getting used to life with a baby and teaching.

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Leaving teaching?

Is anyone seriously considering or has managed to leave teaching? I will be finishing my maternity leave soon and I am honestly so filled with dread about having to go back. I was already struggling so so much with the job without a baby in the mix. I feel that common feeling of being “stuck” because I invested so m...

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Feeling fed up today 😢

Been up with my toddler since 3.30 and now have to somehow get ready for a full day of teaching 🫠 I'm so exhausted and just want to hide away at my desk, not 'entertain' a group of teenagers. Why does teaching with small kids feel so impossible sometimes 😭

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Attending antenatal appointments

I know as a teacher in the UK your employer has to let you attend all the hospital appointments, but where do I stand with them asking me to rearrange these for outside school time? If not possible they do still let me go but has anyone else been asked to do this? Also, have your school covered you for these appoi...

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Toddler sickness

I’m finding it so hard already and the winter has only just begun. I feel like my little girl has had a viral infection every other week and I just feel I can’t take any time off. I’ve taken 1 day for myself when I had d&v and two of my PPA afternoons I have returned home due to my child being poorly. I just want t...

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PT return

Hello - at what point do you need to negotiate a part time return to work? Has anyone ever returned part time for a term and then resumed full time?

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