Maternity leave, when is it good to go back to work

I’m wondering if 2 months if enough maternity leave before I go back to work. I feel I’m the sort who can’t be cooped up at home too long. Was thinking of breaking up my ML 2 months den work 2 months den another 2 months ML. Fully intend to try expressing milk even at work too

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I’m also the type that does not like staying at home much. Even during pregnancy, I was out most of the time. Before giving birth, I thought that 4 months ML will bore me to death. Fast forward to today, 3 months pp, I feel like 4m ML is not even enough despite having plenty of help at home and had a normal delivery. But then again, it could also be because I do go out every now and then (for exercises, walks at the mall, gatherings, etc) so maybe that helped.

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