What did you do before having kids?

[Millie_loves_Luca]

I did bar work and waitressing while at college, then I went to uni and did my law degree, did bar jobs at the time which I loved. Then got a job as PA to an Ifa in Piccadilly, and went part time to do my masters. Wanted to work in overseas aid, my first job was really naff tho. From there worked on maternal health programme at London school of hygiene and tropical medicine, and then did communications at haemophilia society. Then I had millie! Now I do freelance writing at home, looking around for a new agency so I can do a bit more.

Seems we are a talented bunch, we should do a book! Cx

[Horseymum]

My background is legal; injury and property claims adjusting mainly claimant some defendant. Judo to national/international. I have had horses all my life so things have always been pretty hectic!

[Jenn]

I have a friend who is in judo. Done it all her life and goes lots of places with it. She used to be from kelvedon hatch so i presume thats where she still does it!

[Gillybean]

I worked in the old Odeon cinema in southend before ot was knocked down and turned into the university. I worked as an usherette basically just watching all the films lol, I was only 17 and too scared to tell people off. It's where David and I met too.

Then I worked at Lloyds Tsb, then Maplins in lakeside as a cashier. David and I owned our own cafe in wehnam drive before it got knocked down and turned into flats. I worked at readers digest extracting all the junk mail lol then I worked at Natwest then after having Abigail, David and I owned our own Sandwich bar called Abbie's then Dill arrived

[LouiseFisher]

Hello,

I was a personal assistant in the north, Then my life changed when I met my husband and had a child.

[weezypops]

Was your husband from down this way Louise?

[lea-marie]

I was on a study year, getting ready to go to college and working in a photo-lab!

[Gina73]

I left school and went to secretarial college, started a 2 year YTS course at an export company, stayed there for 15 years, left and worked for a company selling tableware and kitchen equipment to the industry. Stayed there for a couple of years after being promoted after 10 weeks to an area manager - I loved the job, out on the road seeing customers, most of them in the West End of London. Then worked for a security company selling CCTV equipment, then found out my old job at the export company was available as had enough of road sales. Went back there and then found out I was pregnant with Mia, was there until she was about 3 months old until it went belly-up - the new directors were useless and found out one of them had gambled the business away. Was out of work for about 6 months then got the job at the doctors surgery and the rest is history as they say.