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Balancing Work and Motherhood

8. Remember that it won't last forever

Eventually you'll fit into a routine that works for you as a working mom. "When you're in the middle of it, you feel like you're never going to have time to yourself or time with your partner or even an evening where you think, ‘Hmmm...what do I feel like doing now?'" says Dr. Greenfield. "But if you kill yourself trying to be the perfect mom and the perfect employee, you forget that being happy is also part of doing a good job." And a happy mom means a happy family.

For more ideas on how to manage as a working mom, check out The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book (Yale University Press, 2008).

Meet our expert:

Dr. Marjorie Greenfield is a practicing board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG). She is currently associate professor on the full-time faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Greenfield's writing career started in 2000, when she became director of obstetrics and gynecology for the Dr. Spock Company, a health and parenting multimedia enterprise. While working with the Dr. Spock team, she wrote Dr. Spock's Pregnancy Guide, published in 2003. Her new book, The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book, hit the bookshelves in May of this year. Dr. Greenfield lives in the Cleveland area with her husband and their teenage son. www.marjoriegreenfield.com