Ladies, how would you feel?
I left a toxic job, joined a new one, and shortly after found out I was pregnant. I shared the news a few months in (once it was medically safe to announce) and went on mat leave after ~8-9 months.
But now I'm hearing leadership holds it against me and resents me.
I still have a few months of mat leave left, but this has been weighing on me and making me question everything-even though staying back would've hurt my health.
Has anyone been through something similar?

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I haven't experienced this, but you should constantly remind yourself that you earned and are owed your mat leave. It's an employee benefit.

That being said, they can feel however they want to feel, but don't let that influence *you,* your bonding time with your baby, or your performance once you return. Let your work and value speak for itself

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Try not to dwell on it, this is such a short time in a span of your long career, no one will remember or care you took this leave later on so just soak it in and then show what you got when you return. You got this.

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Don’t believe anything you hear second hand. And don’t let anything steal you peace during maternity leave.

Whatever the situation is, it will be there when you get back to work and you will handle it with your new boss mom energy.

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