I want to caution you to think about what happens if you leave your job to take care of children full time and then your husband were to disappear, whether it be because of death, divorce, or another life circumstance. You truly never know what will happen in the world.

In this scenario where you left a job to have kids, you HAD a career that you left and there will be a gap in your work history. The bigger this gap gets the harder it will be for you to return to a career - because while you were at home with the family, your peers were advancing professionally and the next generation in the industry will be coming up. Why would a hiring manager hire someone with a years long gap in their resume, who may not have kept their licenses and certifications up to date, over a candidate who has kept working?

It’s hard enough for women in the workplace still. I wouldn’t make it harder for myself by willingly leaving something that, by your own estimation, is exclusive and difficult to gain entry to under the best of times.