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T'was the Last Night On Leave....

10/11/2017

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In honor of my last night on maternity leave, I give you a poem... 
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T'was the last night on leave, 
and all through the house,
The baby was sleeping 
while mom ironed her blouse. 
Her slacks were hung
without much a care,
because going back to work
just didn't seem fair!

While pumping some milk
moms eyes shed a tear,
when most other countries 
get at least half a year.
Eight weeks seemed to pass
awfully quick,
returning so soon 
made moms stomach feel sick.

And then faster than lightning
this dreaded day came
As she shouted "why so soon?
it is such a shame!"
and with detailed instructions;
diagrams she drew,
A line up of bottles
and extra milk, too.

Upstairs she went
without a leap or a bound,
With her hair falling out
and her belly still round. 
She spoke not a word
as she thought about work, 
"get it together"
"don't be a jerk"

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Leaning into the crib
kissing baby's sweet nose,
giving one more hug,
into bed mom goes. 
just when she thought
everything was alright
She heard baby cry out.... 
... and now she'll be up all night! 









All kidding and sarcasm aside... I just can't for the life of me understand how it is okay to do this to a mother and her baby so young. Fortunately between Matt, my mom, and his mom, our kids are always with someone who loves them... who really loves them. Unfortunately that can't be me... And we wonder what the Mental Health crisis is from in this country.

Mothers should be raising their babies, and our Free country should support us in doing that. 
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6 Comments
Patricia Clark
10/12/2017 04:04:33 am

Yes!

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Caitlyn Germain link
10/14/2017 07:20:04 pm

Thanks Mom!

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Heather @ HeatherRunsFast.com link
10/12/2017 10:53:18 am

What a lovely poem! Perfectly written and sadly correct. Hope your first day wasn't horrible. 8 weeks is way too soon :`( On a happier note- love the blog!

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Caitlyn Germain link
10/14/2017 07:20:39 pm

Thanks Heather! You're always super supportive!

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Annie Ruiz
10/15/2017 07:09:11 pm

So true and so sad. Sending you love and strength as you make this transition. Be gentle on yourself Mama. ❤️

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Caitlyn Germain link
10/17/2017 07:22:43 pm

Thanks for reading and for your support!

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    I've recently been diagnosed with CECS and fPAES and had it treated with BOTOX of all things... So I suspect to see more and more people looking for answers with that in the future and hope to continue blogging so there will be easy to access follow-ups as that was helpful for me.

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