Introduction

Suzanne Benkers: I have been inundated with this question in one form or another over the years and I finally am going to address it. She says women who want to stay home with their baby must convince their husbands that this is the right thing to do. "I've cried postpartum because I don't want to leave my baby," writes Josie, a mother-of-one on her 12 week maternity leave.