Woman Balances Home Business & Triplets

Here’s another story about a mom balancing work and family life… even with triplets. Careful planning and attention to the business before the babies came made the transition to triplets “doable”.

From the Boston Globe:

Mary Beth Stevenson always assumed she would remain a full-time professional even after having children. Doug, her husband-to-be then, on the other hand, didn’t like the idea of putting their future children in day care. As they discussed their expectations before getting married, it seemed like an irresolvable conflict — until Doug suggested she start an at-home business.

“Doug’s idea was for me to get the business up and running before we even had children, so that I’d be well established once we did,” said Stevenson, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

As fate would have it, her business, Designs of Distinction, caught on quickly, but the plans to start a family took much longer. By 2000, Stevenson had been in business for three years and had a full roster of clients for her high-end, custom-designed bedspreads, pillows, and window treatments.

And then she found out that babies were on the way at last: three of them.

Read it all at the Boston Globe