I felt guilty going back to work as a mum – then I did it

Just two years ago I was navigating the first mad and joyful days of new motherhood (Picture: Rose Stokes)This morning, I woke up and thought to myself: ‘OK, this is enough’. At almost 37 weeks pregnant, my body is heavy and swollen, and after months of broken sleep, it’s time to surrender. Everything is an effort; getting out of bed, walking up the stairs, picking my toddler’s toys up from the floor and even eating, given my stomach’s keen habit of leakin