No advice cause I am well past this stage and never had to deal with it..... however just wanted to say congratulations on adding to your family!!!

I am sure there are lots of ladies who have had to navigate maternity leave with their business .... if I had had to deal with this I would be wanting as much leave as possible and would be inclined to hirer someone to come in and 'provide care' to the daycare so that I could maintain my clients and not loose anyone over my mat leave while still getting some 'alone time' with the new babe ... depending on if you are full and how much wage you had to pay there could still be a 'tiny' bit left over for you in 'mat leave pay' as well from the business plus getting all the perks of still writing off the business during that time and so forth.