E10: "Mat leave as a business owner - it's going to be OK"

Bump to Business Owner · Sep 7, 2023 · 25m

This week I'm sharing my mat leave as a business owner experience with you.

When I was pregnant for the first time, I looked around for positive narratives about maternity leave that weren't horror stories. Maybe I was looking in the wrong places, but I couldn't find anything at the time that told me I was going to be OK!

With my second pregnancy I was in a very different situation - self employed, with some foresight of the intensity and changes I was about to go through (although believe me, it was not what I had expected!)

I'm giving you a breakdown of how I prepared my business, what went…