 When a company headhunted her while she was eight months pregnant with a lucrative offer, she immediately accepted to support her growing brood. 'I gave a start date as if I had a three-month notice period, leaving just under six weeks for me to be at home with our baby,' she shares. 'I'm the breadwinner financially, but previously I was working for an awful company,' she says. 'When I got the job offer from another company, we realised we couldn't afford to turn such an opportunity down.' Her husband immediately stepped up to become the primary caregiver of their child. But it wasn't all plain sailing. Sarah was offered a new job and is now the breadwinner (Photo: Own) 'Because it was Covid I worked in a small outbuilding we had built in the garden and pumped when I could,' says Sarah. 'Although this really only lasted a few weeks, it was absolutely draining at the time. Dom really connected with our little man through the feeds. which was great to watch, but it was a pretty difficult experience. There was definitely an element of wishing I could do it instead.' 'I don't regret it for one minute, but it made it really hard to connect with Noah in those early months, and pr){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Welcome back to How I Parent, where we get a glimpse into how the nation is raising their kids.
This week, Sarah Colville-Clarke, 29 and based in Bedford, shares her story of returning to work six weeks after the birth of her son, Noah, who is now three, after she received an offer she couldn’t refuse.
Sarah will be returning two weeks after the birth of her second child in October, as her husband takes full responsibility of child-rearing.
Sarah, a trading manager in fashion, accessories and jewellery, says she and husband Dominic, 29, chose to flip the script on so-called traditional gender roles in their household.