Penalized for taking maternity leave

Not sure if this is the right subreddit so please feel free to redirect me. I actually don't even think I have a question I just need to talk about this.I recently had my second child, I had a different job when I had my first. I was eligible for 24 weeks of leave through different mechanisms (ie state-sponsored leave, disability, vacation, sick leave, etc). When I met with my direct supervisor before I went on leave to talk about what it would look like, she told me to work it out on my own and not bother her with it. So I did all my paperwork with HR and took care of my stuff. I tried to work with my boss to reassign some of my projects and she told me we were understaffed and she would deal with it.I was ok with doing some light work from home (answering emails, keeping up with regulatory stuff that was going to expire, etc) so I did that throughout my leave. But 3 months in my boss started hounding me about my projects not getting done, and accusing me of being lazy and irresponsible for not completing them. She said that it was unfair and unacceptable to expect my coworkers to do my work for me. I fell for the guilt trip and felt so guilty that I started coming in 1 day/week, which has quickly turned into 5 days/week.My boss is clearly furious at me for taking as long of a leave as I did and has been berating me and publicly humiliating me. For instance, one of the staff people who was working on a project of mine made a mistake, so my boss brought it up at a meeting in front of the whole department and told me that my laziness, irresponsibility, and lack of oversight caused the error.I am putting my baby in daycare next week and ending my maternity leave early. I want to quit my job because I think this behavior from my boss is unacceptable. My SO thinks that I am just hormonal and shouldn't be making any snap judgments like that. Aside from my boss I like my job.I think I just need to hear from someone out there that this is not normal? Maternity leave is supposed to be actual leave, isn't it? Has anyone else been forced back early or punished like this for taking leave?Also I just want to implore you to please not turn this into one of those posts where you tell me everything that I did wrong. If I had a time machine I would do many things differently, but I don't and I already feel like a piece of shit for being in this situation. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2kdygaU