The Invisible Thread

I became a mother through pregnancy and giving birth

I became a mother without experiencing pregnancy and birth

When you became a mother, what, if anything, changed in your experience of yourself as a lawyer and of your working life?

Expectations around when or how much you were available

Expectations around working hours or where you worked

Expectations around childcare or how care should be organised

Assumptions about your commitment or ambition

How your experience, seniority or progression was recognised

Opportunities being offered, withheld or assumed not to be wanted

Expectations around travel or availability to clients

Expectations or assumptions around your partner or family arrangements

Something you observed or came to understand from culture around you