I'll be a working mom. I'll be off for about 4 months after the baby's born and then I'll be back at work. I still consider myself fortunate that my ILs and my parents are retired and are happy to look after the liitle one. We're giving the ILs first dibs since this will be their first grandchild but I'd feel so much more comfortable if my parents were looking after her.

I guess I'm biased.
If I didn't have a mortgage I'd probably consider staying at home until this little one was eligible for preschool but alas I do have a mortgage. Plus I want to be able to afford for this little one to have the best education possible so I'm working to help provide for that as well. I would like that eventually if her career aspirations meant that she had to study in China, Greece, wherever... that we'd be able to afford to give her that education.