title: Returning to work: potential problems for mid-career mothers.
abstract: Pregnancy is a complex and intense biopsychosocial event. Consequently many mid-career mothers have extreme difficulty when they must leave their infant and return to work. The degree of difficulty can be predicted by assessing a wide range of personal and cultural factors.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007223:Infant; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008393:Marriage; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012931:Social Environment