Baby is here!
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As I enter the final few weeks of this pregnancy (I'm currently 37 weeks as I'm writing this), I've been thinking about some of the things I've learned since finding out baby #2 was on the way, way back in early September. It's also been interesting to compare this experience with my experience as a pregnant PhD student on the job market (which you can read about here, here, and here).
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It’s hard to believe that the second trimester for baby #2 is officially over! If you’re interested in reading a recap of the first trimester, you can do that here. Looking back, it felt like the second trimester was just one thing after another, which has left me exhausted as I enter the third (and final!) trimester of pregnancy.
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In addition to my (now) quarterly work/life updates, I thought I’d do a separate trimester update for those who might be interested in hearing how things are going with the pregnancy. Here we go!
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A while back I received a comment from a reader asking about my postpartum experiences while finishing up my PhD. One of the things this person asked about was how I managed my schedule during that time… so this post is all about what I did to manage my schedule while I was finishing up my PhD during the early postpartum period.
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If you haven’t had a chance to read (or skim!) my experiences on the academic job market while pregnant, you can find that post here. I did about 6 first round interviews when I was between 2 and 6 months pregnant. I then went on 1 campus interview when I was 7 months pregnant. I’ve put together a summary of my main takeaways from these experiences for those of you who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant and also navigating the academic job market.
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Oh. My. Gosh. People love to give advice about the academic job market in general. Add in the fact that you’re also pregnant and the desire to impart wisdom goes through the roof! And of course if you don’t follow their advice there are dire consequences (i.e., you won’t get the job). That being said, I got a whole lot of advice, and to the best of my memory, only one of those people had been pregnant while searching.
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I started graduate school in 2011, right after Mike and I got married. We knew kids were in our future and we knew that grad school and our geographic location were temporary. We figured the next place would be for the long haul so it made sense to wait until after our next move to have a kid. The original plan was that I’d finish school in 4 years, but life happened and I tacked on an additional year.
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