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Returning To Work With PPD Is Its Own Kind Of Hard

After having a baby, I never fully returned to the office. It was 2021, so remote and hybrid positions were the norm. When my maternity leave was up, returning to work didn’t seem like such a big deal. I was home. I could breastfeed. I was in sweatpants. What more could I want?With my baby and nanny in my periphery, I revved up the ol’ computer and logged on from the comfort of my apartment. Business as usual. The only difference? A four-month-old dependent and postpartum depression (PPD). Maybe going back to work wasn’t as straightforward as I thought it would be.Planning And Feeding With PPD...