Amanda Marcus thought she was doing all the right things. Only six weeks after giving birth, she was already back to work: waitressing every weekday, picking up extra shifts on weekends, sometimes working as late as 3 a.m. When a better job as a bank teller opened up, she jumped on it. When extra training at the bank was offered, she signed up for it.
But then one day she got a raise—and everything started to fall apart.