Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that 62% of married or co-habiting women with a child under 5 work, either full-time or part-time. This is double what it was 25 years ago.The latest ONS stats also reveal 76% of married mums

Does your stomach churn when you count the days until your maternity leave is over? Follow our easy tips to become a confident and happy working mum returning to workWardrobe worriesChances are, like most of us mums, you won’t be ready to get back

Where to startTalk about itFirstly, talk to your boss. Companies are obliged to consider a request for your job 
to become part-time if you want it to. If it’s a viable option, you could negotiate an arrangement to work some of the time from home

A recent ‘Mum-Economics’ survey by Avon UK has found that 70% of stay-at-home mums are returning to work sooner than they expected.Financial concerns and worry about their partner’s job security has caused 33% of the mums questioned to return

A major study of 17,000 British parents and their children has revealed that mums who head back to work before their babies’ first birthdays don’t have a negative impact on their children, reports the Guardian. Factors like a stable home environment

From doing more domestic chores to looking after their children, working dads are spending more time at home, racking up a potential £17,000 in unpaid work, says a survey of 2,187 dads by The Children’s Mutual. Spending time with the kids

Children of working mums are less active and more likely to eat unhealthy food, according to research by the Institute of Child Health.The study of more than 12,500 5-year-olds found that those with mums who went to work were more likely

A poll for the Centre for Policy Studies has found that just 12% of mums in the survey want to work full-time. Instead what mums are after, are more opportunities for flexible part-time work. “The Government has been getting more women into full

Women return to work for the money, and would like to spend more time with their children, a new study has suggested.Detailed info about our experiences of working and our attitudes towards work is provided by the study, commissioned

Here’s how other mums managed to work and stay with their child at the same time.Start your own baby businessWhen her son, Sam, now 2, was born, Julie White, 37, from Milton Keynes, set up her own company selling baby items at mum-and-baby tea