007. Tales of "Perfectly Planned" Maternity Leave and Mental Inflexibility

We enter the chat talking about urine-soaked bed sheets, being jumpy while menstruating (the bears can smell the menstruation anyone?), and being shooketh when your toddler wakes you in the middle of the night with a gentle caress. You can expect some great information and as per usual some absolute tomfoolery with this one because that's what we're all about. Taking the serious and making it less serious lol. With five maternity leaves between the two of us, we dig into how we prepared for maternity leave with each baby and how it turned out AKA not like we planned. We got this question from a listener and wanted to create an entire episode around it! We briefly discuss the new Pregnant Worker Fairness Act that is in the process of being fully put into place. Casey gets on her soapbox about how freelancer and self employed women get left out of the paid leave conversation completely. Both Casey and Elizabeth go into what they loved and what they wish they did differently with each maternity leave. Casey goes into how her business model has changed with each pregnancy and maternity leave really. Elizabeth talks about how having literal Google Docs of plans was super helpful (and then not so helpful) for her. Casey talks about how she is preparing for her next maternity leave even though she's not even pregnant yet. Really the moral of the episode is that you can't plan for something you know nothing about? All you can do is give yourself grace and lean on your community. If you have no community, hello! we are happy to be your stand-in for the moment.   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themomwhine/ Visit www.themomwhine.com