I told her about my hard recovery from the emergency C-section and asked whether there was any chance I could move into a part-time remote role from home when my leave ran out.

My manager paused, typed something into her computer and then offered me twenty hours a week auditing insurance claims on my home laptop, with full flexibility over my daily hours.

The cut in hours meant my paycheck would be smaller than before, but it also meant I could take care of Hailey and Mason during the day without paying one cent for outside infant daycare.

After I hung up with my boss, I spent an hour calling local daycare centers just to see what our backup options were in case everything fell apart.