Reflections on running a small business when pregnant…
Clients hire successful-looking agencies, so when I shuffled into pitch meetings very pregnant looking like Shrek’s granny… Some women blossom in pregnancy. I didn’t. Running a small business when pregnant can be brutal. Here’s a few highlights of my last nine months: Pregnancy hormones: they made me want to cry ALL THE TIME. Or lie in bed eating chocolate. Baby brain: getting off the phone from a client and realising that I had no idea what we had discussed. Stuff that wasn’t in the diary: you can’t schedule the medical aspects of pregnancy. I found myself writing tenders from my hospital bed. First impressions: shuffling into meetings in maternity dungarees, then shuffling out again for the toilet. And six tips for other pregnant small business-owners: Don’t panic: when else in the life of a small business can you plan for changes 9 months in advance? New clients need to believe in you, it may not be the best [...]
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