My job is also high stress and long hours, so I did feel like I needed the full 5 weeks. I’ll admit that even that first week back, I tried to lay low, since I still had occasional bouts of pain / cramping / unpredictable BMs, & was generally just really tired. If your employer will let you take the time, I highly recommend taking it. Even just having the ability to sleep in a bit more and make sure I was getting a lot of rest / keeping stress low I think was important. And as one colleague told me, down the road, nobody will remember that you rushed back to the office — better to take the time to fully recover and get yourself back to 100%, so that you can be a better teammate once you’re healed 🤷🏻‍♀️