how many FTWM resigned after maternity to stay at home with LO? Is it worth to give up your career, when baby can be placed in an IFC, which might even be more beneficial for baby. Does this stretch the family finances a lot?

A few of my friends did just that. They are all happy SAHM now. We all did not like the idea of putting our babies in IFC. But when they are old enough to do childcare & nursery, the mummies do take up part-time or home-based assignments. As for me, I hv both helper & mil at home so after resigning for abt a yr, I went back to working almost full-time. Felt quite redundant at home the whole day & it makes more economical sense for me to work too. Then I just spend evenings with the kids when they are back from childcare/kindy.