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Lofty Ideals of a Working Mom

By Jennifer Yanoff
I am the Vice President of Sales for Innoveer Solutions, a wife and a mom of a 2 year old boy.
After returning to work from a 12-week maternity leave of which my pay consisted of a little short-term disability and what vacation days I had saved (which meant only using five days during my 40 weeks of pregnancy for sick or vacation), I trie ... Read more...
Most work travel isn't glamorous or fun despite what non-work travelers think. You commute by planes, trains and automobiles and sometimes all three and then check in, go to meetings day and night and crash before doing it all again the next ... Read more...
Let me start by saying that as a Boston resident, I am very lucky that my family and friends were not physically harmed in the recent marathon bombings. I'm also very appreciative and understanding of the fact that although I travel more than th ... Read more...
So you go back to work. You’re used to working whenever you need to – early or late, at the office, remotely or while traveling – with long hours and back-to-back meetings. Now, however, you sensibly build a schedule that allows you to be a ... Read more...
Regardless of how much you like your career and working or how much you want to stay home, most women struggle with their decision. After you do make the decision to work – despite your confidence level – you face every mom’s guilt that stems fr ... Read more...
It’s hard enough to drink limited caffeine and still remain active and alert all day. Then you add in the high likelihood that you will have to leave work mid-presentation due to nausea especially if the meeting is between 9 am and any time ... Read more...
Before I was pregnant, I drank two cups of coffee in the am and two or three diet cokes before leaving work for the day. Once pregnant, I saved my soda for one diet caffeine free coke per day, and attempted to drink 64 ounces of water if I could ... Read more...
The minute you find out you’re pregnant, most women smile, get excited, share the news with their partners and then think about when to tell people and who to tell first. Some women wait until eight weeks or 12 or 18 and usually close family ... Read more...
How does getting pregnant start for many of us? We walk into a store and buy an ovulation test. I started with Clearblue because I liked seeing the smiley face versus a boring pink line. However, taking this test entailed sneaking around work and hiding the fact tha ... Read more...