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Moms that travel for work?
Hey guys! I'm newhere, so here is a bit of background on my situation. I should be finishing graduate school in 2 years, and while the program doesn't have a specific career path afterwards (like med school = doctor) I discovered my dream job for when I finish. The problem is that the job is going to require a lot of travel time, like 25%. It would mostly be within the southeast united states, so no long distance traveling, but it wouldn't be unusual for me to have to spend 4-5 days away from home at a time. While this wouldn't be a problem normally, I'm concerned with what it would mean for our future family. DH and I are thinking on TTC at the end of the year, so if all goes well, I would have the baby as I'm finishing school or right after I finish, and then I can start a new job without worrying about taking maternity leave. This would mean that I would have an infant at home when I started my new job. While my husband is VERY supportive of my career and says that I should still go for it, I feel like it's easier said than done.
I know this depends on 1. me getting the job and 2. getting pregnant without any problems, but what was our best case scenario seems like it could be really complicated. I was just wondering if there were any women out there that traveled for work while they were new moms and if they could share some of their experiences with me. Or if you think this sounds totally crazy, that's important to hear too. TIA!
Re: Moms that travel for work?
I'm still pretty young. I'll be like 27 when we start TTC (or at least according to the current plan). We definitely could wait, and we talked about this, however, the amount of travel required shouldn't change with seniority or anything. Basically, I would be traveling to universities and other research institutions as a type of consultant on biomedical research projects. So I think for as long as I'm in a position like that, there would be a fair amount of travel. As of right now, I could see myself doing something like that long term, but who knows, once I'm in the position I could hate it.
DH owns a business so while he couldn't be a SAHD, he said he could work from home some days if he had to. We It's hard because this is something I've wanted to do for quite some time, but somehow I missed the implicit complications that would come with having a family and a job that requires a lot of travel. I need to start seriously looking for jobs soon, but I don't know if I should just forget about these consulting-type positions and try to figure out something else..... sigh.
Nope. Not pregnant now. I know I'm getting ahead of myself quite a bit. Every so often DH and I revisit our life plans and goals, and for some reason it just occurred to me how difficult it sounds to have an infant and travel for work. I think we'll have to revisit this in 6 months and see how we feel.