I began my career as a hospital RN. When my daughter was born, I left and had two more children.  When I first began my career break, I stayed connected by working just four hours a week. I was also very committed to breastfeeding and became quite active in La Leche League.  Over time, I was lucky enough to add various nursing jobs that worked around motherhood. I covered a shift every other week or so and at one point I temporarily covered one day a week for a couple of months until someone was hired for a position. I also did some phone triage for pediatrician's offices overnight. I would be nursing my daughters and answering the beeper, talking to parents with sick children in the middle of the night. Once my youngest was in preschool I started working "mother's hours" at Lactation Care, a breastfeeding consulting group. Then I landed my "dream job" as a lactation consultant/nurse at a major teaching hospital where I am today. Quite a journey!