In the year 1998, after undergoing various criminal background checks, lie-detector tests, psychological tests and other tests, I was finally hired on with the Ft. Worth Police Department. I was ecstatic about landing the job I really wanted, but I had one drawback. I was a
mom with two baby girls. The oldest child was almost two years old and the youngest was just seven months old.
How was I going to work full time with two babies?
I began working evenings so I could stay home with the kids while my husband was at work. Since I had to be at work before my husband got home, I left the kids with someone else on my way to work. Once he got home, he took over for the rest of the day.
My husband had to cook dinner, change diapers, give the kids a bath and put them to bed every night. Quitting time from work was at 11:30 p.m. each night but I wasn't able to get to sleep until around 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. (I guess it just took awhile to wind down from the day).
Wake-up time was usually between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. because the kids starting waking up. Exhausted from getting only four or five hours of sleep each night, I began getting sick. While working these long hours, I developed pneumonia three times and came down with bronchitis several times. I had to go to the hospital at least twice for breathing treatments and antibiotics.
By the time 2002 came around, I was working until 1:00 a.m. or 2:00 a.m. every night. These hours gave me even less sleeping time. I was consuming about one pot of coffee each night just to stay awake.
In February 2002, I found out I was pregnant again. I continued working the same hours and in my sixth month of pregnancy, I became dehydrated from all the coffee and had to go to the hospital again. The doctors took care of the problem and sent me home. The baby was going to be fine.
The two older girls were now 3 and 4 years old. This new baby was supposed to be another girl too. About a week before my due date, the baby started kicking wildly. It felt as if she was trying to kick her way into the world. A few days later, I began feeling nauseous and went in for a check-up. The doctors found the baby had become wrapped up in the umbilical cord and would be born as a stillborn. The next day, they induced my labor and I gave birth to the stillborn baby girl approximately seven hours later.
About three weeks later, we heard a news report about the dangers of drinking coffee and being pregnant. Apparently, they had discovered drinking coffee while pregnant could be very dangerous. The caffeine could transfer to the baby causing the baby to become hyperactive. Could it be, the coffee I drank is what caused the baby to kick wildly and eventually get tangled up in the cord? Nevertheless, I didn't take it lightly. I took off work for the rest of the year to recover from the loss of the baby.
In 2003, about 7 months after I lost the baby, I found out I was pregnant again. This time, I decided to cut my hours to working just part-time. I cut back to about one cup of coffee a day and eventually gave birth to a healthy baby boy. He was born two years ago, and I haven't returned to work yet. I decided it just wasn't worth it.
Because of my decision, our debt has grown out of control. We need an extra source of income to keep up with the rising costs of living. My husband is now working long hours to offset my lack of income. I have tried every work at home scheme imaginable but nothing has turned out profitable. I decided if I was going to work, I needed to be able to bring the kids with me and work during the day.
To my knowledge, there are n.companies that will hire you and allow you to bring your kids to work with you. Due to my rebellion of returning to the traditional work place, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I decided to create .company that would allow me to work outside of the home and bring my children with me- every day.
Since the concept of bringing kids to work with you is still new, I haven't yet made a great deal of money. I expect that once people learn more about the concept, business will begin taking off and we'll be out of debt before long.
To learn more about this concept, you can visit the website I've created. It's called Moms On Call.Net. You can find it by going to
momsoncall.net
