This was a contrast to research carried out by the Social and Economic Research unit at the University of Essex which suggested that women who go back to work a couple of months after childbirth negatively impact on the longer term well being of the baby.

This then poses wider questions around the 'rights' and 'wrongs' if any about having children. Should parents be more responsible, especially in the first year or two of child birth in terms of looking after their children first hand? Is putting career before baby the right thing to do? Are women asking for too much? Or should men be doing more?

Furthermore, a 2008 study by UNICEF also claimed that women who go back to work 'too soon' do actually have a negative impact on the well being of a child.

From a man's perspective this may seem quite a logical outcome. How women balance their work and personal lives, especially when children are involved is a sensitive issue. Nevertheless, the single most important aspect is the long term health and well being of the child.

Ultimately each family makes its own decisions on what it thinks is best. The longer term social impacts may not be felt until the child is much older. Perhaps parents need to discuss these decisions carefully before making choices that may effect their child's future.

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