I’ve wanted to talk about being a mom in science for a long time. When I was going through pregnancy and breastfeeding, I was very much alone. And I hated being pregnant! I did not have any peers around me who were in academia and were active scientists and who wanted to continue to work. I was surrounded by stay at home moms – who are wonderful people – but I felt like an outsider. I felt like I was circling around them and that I didn’t belong. I kept trying to find my plac