How to Be a “Good” Mom

Navigating Tradeoffs Between My Career and My Baby

As I raced to the bathroom to throw up for the third time, I was ready to call off my upcoming interviews.

After struggling to conceive for a while, I had recently learned that I was pregnant. Like many other pregnant women, my first trimester was filled with nausea and fatigue. I would vomit at the sight or smell of food and had to go to bed by 9pm.

To c…