That's a long way off but agree, after being off for that long with him, she will struggle to get back into working. Still, no point worrying over that as yet. Its just so lovely to hear that Andrea is starting to feel a little better, even though it will take time for her to build up again. Those first few weeks are hard, they want to do it all right and be seen to be coping but with broken nights and especially the breast feeding, it is very draining.
My daughter has mentioned returning to work a few times but is still on maternity pay atm (not sure when hers ends) but was 'let go' from her job for becoming pregnant. At the time she was too ill with morning (all day) sickness to fight it but did get in touch with an agency that could help her as you can't be sacked for being pregnant! (the agency would have helped her prepare for some knd of tribunal thing) but in the end, with all that happened to her, she didn't follow it up, so her horrible boss got away with it. She has had emails about other job offers, so I'm hoping she'll get back into the same kind of job in time.
Us Mums just do the watching, waiting and helping out where we can.... which is pretty tiring too!!