Everyone says to me, 'You'll see. I know me. I mean, I own this company. I can't just let it go. Ms. Zdunich and her husband, who is in the military, have already enrolled their unborn daughter in a Montessori school for when she turns three months old.
Businesswomen agree that good child care is essential.
When affordable help is elusive, however, Ms. Jubinville says many women dip deeper into their credit and ease up on the work until the crisis passes. In some other cases, the birth of a baby helps a woman decide when to let a struggling small business go. Ms. Buchsbaum's priorities are divided between her company and raising her daughter, but her focus changed after the birth. Now, she says, she works hard so her daughter will be proud of her. There are a lot of mixed emotions.