When your back is against the wall you somehow have to find childcare, says mother of one Sarah Cook.
She struggled to find a place for her son, Joshua, in a nursery near her home in Ealing, west London, and in the end simply gave up.
"I did look into childcare and found that most nurseries were booked up. One had a waiting list of two years," she says. "Also, to book a place for 'baby' when you are pregnant you had to pay a non-refundable deposit, so if you change your mind or a nursery closer to home becomes available you could end up losing a fair amount."
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