Long-distance breastfeeding? How today’s moms are making it work.

Kelsey Pomeroy, 35, had been working in her dream job teaching high school English for six years when she had her first baby.

She was making $39,000 a year, she said, and when she returned from an unpaid 12-week maternity leave, human resources informed her that those weeks away wouldn't count toward her retirement pension. In order to retire on time, she'd have to either pay the state the difference or work an extra year. She realized, then and there, that her career and motherhood couldn't coexist easily.

Pomeroy left her dream job in 2019. In those early months being at home alone with her baby, she said, she missed working and talking to people each day. So, she picked up her phone and started making videos on TikTok.

Within a couple of years, she'd created a new career for herself online − a job with flexibility, posting for a following of 1.3 million users across platforms. Her income now surpasses her husband's salary.

"I remember the first time that I earned my entire year's teacher's salary in a month," she said.

Pomeroy isn't alone. There are thousands of mothers like her, who are getting creative in order to earn…

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