Comments on: Anna Friel Tells Working Moms to 'Keep Going, Keep Looking Forward' http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Moms & Babies - People.comhttp://img2.timeinc.net/people/static/i/v4home/peoplelogo.pnghttp://celebritybabies.people.com20485 By: CelebBabyLover http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179621 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:12:37 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179621 Emma- The article DID say that Anna went back to work “shortly after” Grace’s birth. 3 months definently qualifies as shortly after birth!

As for Anna’s comment about a week without sleep…Obviously she was probably exaggerating a bit, but we all do from time to time. It’s called creative license. :)

]]> By: Emma http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179620 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:13:32 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179620 Hmm my nanny friend in London is good friends with Anna’s maternity nurse. Who while she said Anna is lovely and hands-on did work 6 days a week 24hrs a day for 3 months from Grace’s birth.
Also Guiness book of record puts 7 days as the longest without sleep. I dount somehow Anna beat/met this.
Anna-don’t exagerate.

]]> By: CelebBabyLover http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179619 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:22:44 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179619 Linda- Um, Angie IS taking time off! Between Wanted and Salt, she did not do any films, and that was a time period of more than a year! Now that Salt has wrapped, she is taking another year to a year and a half off (she said she was going to in an interview last Fall).

]]> By: Sarah http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179618 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:15:30 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179618 I love Anna and I miss the heck out of Pushing Daisies.

]]> By: Linda http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179617 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:59:08 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179617 I think someone in show business needs to go back unless they are Julia Roberts and are big enough stars people won’t “forget” them if they take time off (some would say even her career suffered from time off). Angelina Jolie probably could take time off but she doesnt want to. But I feel for someone like Vera Farminga who felt they couldnt say “no” to a George Clooney movie even though she had JUST given birth. It’s different to go back to work after a baby as a teacher and nobody cares if you have 15 extra pounds. If you are an actress they tell you to lose it in 2 weeks!

]]> By: DrSticky http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179615 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:24:06 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179615 I agree, it’s not that mothers HAVE to go back after a year or two to keep in the workforce (whether showbiz or any other career) BUT it can certainly feel like you must/should go back to keep your profile high and ensure you can be employed (irrespective of whether you need the money.) I have an Oxford University degree and a PhD and never returned to work after the birth of my children and for me to get back into the workforce would be tremendously tricky at this stage – or so I understand it :-) Luckily for me, the stay at home mom thing is working well for me, but if I am aiming to sustain a career outside the home over time once the kids have finished high school, it’s going to entail a lot of work, re-adjustment so on. So I can see Anna’s point! It takes a lot of confidence/a strong desire to be at home with your baby to take a long ‘career break’ or choose to be a stay at home mom.

]]> By: Caitie http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179612 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:45:05 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179612 Jane, her advice isn’t for those who can take the time. That’s why the title of this post clearly references working moms.

]]> By: AL http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179610 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:31:24 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179610 Man, people on this site have been so negative lately! What she said is absolutely normal, most new parents don’t get a lot of sleep and her advice at the end is solid. It seems like most people here are quite jealous of celebs. Sure a lot of them have nannies but a) nanny doesn’t always equal live in help like a lot of people seem to think and b) unless you’re a stay at home parent, who doesn’t have some sort of baby-sitter/daycare/nanny arrangement? Having money doesn’t solve everyone’s problems, generally the more you make the more you have to spend in order to continue making that amount. Besides she’s a celebrity, of course she has things us normal people can’t afford. Why visit the site if that bugs you so much?

]]> By: e http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179605 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:45:14 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179605 ‘keep going, keep looking forward,’ is pretty generic but solid advice. i’m amazed by all the negativity here! a week without sleep while filming or working full time sounds pretty awful to me. i’ve had 5 rough months without much sleep at all, and i often remind myself not to dwell on how difficult it is. otherwise, yeah, it is quite overwhelming, especially during those early months of breastfeeding.

]]> By: Brandi http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/16/anna-friel-tells-working-moms-to-keep-going-keep-looking-forward/#comment-179604 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:25:35 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=54382#comment-179604 Lots of negative nellies on this thread? I actually found her story about going without sleep pretty relatable.

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