Episode Details

Part 3: What do you do when the pay rise you were promised quietly disappears after mat leave, or your manager makes a second pregnancy feel like an inconvenience?

We asked for your maternity leave questions and you didn't hold back. Loneliness, guilt, night feeds and careers that seem to be moving on without you. These are the things women are thinking about at 3am and rarely say out loud at work.

In the final part of our maternity leave series, Rose brings the research and Bianca reports live from five months of maternity service, with Raphael on her lap as this week's co-host.

We talk about loneliness at eight months when the messages dry up, why a three-month-old has no interest in your schedule, how to go back and ask for the pay rise you were promised, and what to do when your partner gets the lie-ins and you get the guilt. We also look at what managers get wrong when they joke about pregnancy, and why so many women stay quiet about it.

Plus: Bianca's first keeping in touch day, why she came home recharged, and two news updates. There's a petition calling for 90% maternity pay for the first 12 weeks, and the Maternity Commissioner's work is set to be written into law.

That's a wrap on our maternity leave series. Keep your questions coming to @matrescenceunfiltered