Daycare at 6 weeks

My baby is 3 weeks old and at 6 weeks she’s going to daycare because I have to go back to work. I’m so disgusted with the maternity leave in this country. I was hoping to use FMLA but I wouldn’t get paid and frankly we can’t afford to lose a paycheck. This is my first and I really could have used more time home with her. I feel incredibly guilty To be sending her so young. My mom didn’t go back to work until I was 5 but this was in the 80s when Times I feel were so much easier. Anyone who’s sent your babe to daycare so young what was the experience like for you and your baby? The whole thing makes me really sad.