Why I Walked Away From a £24M Deal Before Giving Birth | Sedge Beswick

She walked away from £24 million.

Two weeks before giving birth.

Sedge Beswick is a founder, former CEO, and one of the most honest voices on what it actually costs to build a business, become a mother, and decide what matters most when the two collide.

In this episode, we talk about:

– why she turned down a multimillion pound deal days before her due date

– the invisible pressure to work like you don't have kids and parent like you don't have a career

– responding to Slack messages in the labour ward

– sobbing uncontrollably on her first day back in the office

– stepping away from the business she founded to reclaim time with her daughters

– why confidence is sold to women as something we lack, not something we already have

– how ambition doesn't die in the delivery room but identity, time, and clarity all shift

– being told she "ruined it for women" because she chose motherhood over an exit