Should I tell my PhD supervisor I’m trying to get pregnant?
This question – posted anonymously on Twitter recently by a third-year PhD student – really got me thinking about my own PhD journey.
I had my first baby in my second year of my PhD and my second two years later, but it wasn’t in spite of these ‘blips’ that I finally managed to finish writing my PhD (too many years later), but because of them.
As I learned to stop chasing perfection, embrace small pockets of time and surround myself with writing friends, motherhood taught to be a better, faster and happier writer.