Headmistress (and Tom-Brown.com writer!) returns to her desk hours after giving birth
- Feb. 8, 2010
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- dr wright
- st mary's calne
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As most mothers want their daughters to have a fulfilling career with a good balance of home life and raising a family, head teacher of St Mary’s Calne leads by example returning to her desk a mere seven hours after labour
Once the country’s youngest ever public-school head teacher, Dr Wright firmly believes that women really can have it all and is leading by example:
“The day I had Jessica I went into hospital at 5.45am. I had her less than an hour later and I was discharged three hours later. I felt absolutely brilliant so I thought: why not share that?
“I was very lucky to have another straightforward birth. Most women have a choice of taking maternity leave or going back to work and having their babies looked after. Why can’t there be a third way – taking your baby to work with you?”
Every day since baby Jessica has been brought into school and is breast-fed between meetings.
Wright claims that the girls love having Jessica around, especially as some of them had never seen a new-born baby before.
