Moms At Home Run Companies, Kids

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Oklahoma City attorney Terri Thomas never planned to be a mother. She and her husband were married six and half years when Thomas learned she was pregnant with their daughter, now 4 months old.

“We never ruled out kids,” Thomas, 37, said. “But we never got to the point of saying ‘OK, we’re ready to try.’”

Thomas, however, was sure of one thing: if she had children, she’d stay home with them. As a self-employed school attorney who works out of her house, Thomas has been able to be a full-time stay-at-home mom and maintain her professional work.

How does she do it? Thomas plans her workdays to the minute, from her daughter’s daily feeding and nap times to her meetings with various school districts in Oklahoma on personnel, collective bargaining and other legal matters. Her husband Lee Tampkins, a 43-year-old computer network engineer, is also self-employed and has the flexibility to help out.