I thought motherhood would make me feeble and passive but it has filled me with fury and passion insteadI’d been working as a copywriter for a year before I fell pregnant. I loved getting the tube into London’s Farringdon each morning,taking fragment in creative meetings and conjuring puns all day – but I also felt alert to fill a baby. So when, at 40 weeks pregnant, or my contract automatically terminated I felt both liberated and a little bit scared. Fortunately,I’d been able to put aside a large proportion of my monthly pay and work honest up until week 40 of my pregnancy, giving me a nice pot of savings to supplement my maternity allowance. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com