I had just finished my PhD so I was tired of people asking me "how's it going?"people. So I didn't want to add being pregnant to a new list of questions. And my husband and I were enjoying having the secret to ourselves. As a result we only announced the pregnancy around 4 months.
I was also putting it off because I was trying to get a job, a postdoc. Everyone told me they couldn't not hire me because I was pregnant. But I just felt guilty because my boss-to-be was a friend and really helping me out by motivating for the position. I felt like I was letting him down because I was going to be less productive then I could have been once I had the little one.
Well, I put it off and put it off...And worried and worried...And it was all not worth it. When I finally told the head of school, my PhD supervisor and boss-to-be they were nothing but happy and supportive. Looking back now I don't know why I worried.
I think part of me felt weak for wanting something so "girly" in a field where careers and field work and papers and discoveries, and not family are the focus. But everyone has been so welcoming to this new little member of our geophysics family.
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