I hate the idea of babysitters. Eli is only ever watched by family, but that almost never happens either. He is almost always with either me or his dad at our house. I'm not saying it's bad to go to daycare though, I went to daycare or preschool from the time I was a tiny baby until I was in actual elementary school, you know? And I'm certainly fine. I can't remember anything bad about daycare or preschool, matter of fact I remember loving it. I will probably send Eli a couple days a week to day care or preschool as soon as he's like three or so just for the social aspect of it, and learning and stuff. It's a cool thing to do. I'm just retardedly over protective and don't have the money for it, plus we don't really need it so why bother.
I did however have some bad experiences with personal babysitters and still remember them, so be careful. There's nobody there to tell on them, you know? There's a lot of witnesses and certainly not all but definitely some good people at a daycare. Definitely look everything over very carefully though maybe sit in for a day or two to make sure you like it and like the people there and trust them with your baby. Drop by unnanounced. Keep tabs.
You do what you have to in order to make a good life for her, there's nothing wrong with that. Just make sure you really spend really close special time with her when you guys get home. She wont forget you, don't worry.