E47 - “I had a panic attack": becoming a mom as an assistant professor (with Dr Liz Berry)

Dr. Elizabeth Berry, Assistant Professor at New York Medical College, returns to Moms, Mats and Manuscripts pregnant and really honest about all of it: the panic attack over due-date math, the fear that visible pregnancy would affect how colleagues saw her ambition, and the uncertainty of how the "mom" label would land on top of scientist and professor. We also go on a couple of rants neither of us saw coming - about childcare costs, people's desire to share horror stories instead of po...