This is the first day of the rest of my life

Hi, I promise that my first comment was the longest one. I am much more familiar with drawings and very few words saying much more about the situation of women in science than long letters filled with tears, self-pity and agony.
So let's start with my first comic strip about how I felt about my situation in science after I gave birth to my first child and decided to stay at home for at least 1 year with him.