Law Students

Derailed by Pregnancy

By JillHB

I experienced a feminist lawyer's worst nightmare:  my big firm law career was derailed by pregnancy.

It was bizarre. I never dreamed that when I was supposed to be up for partner I would be waiting to see if I would need a heart transplant--because of a twin pregnancy.

I also never expected to be pregnant with twins after 15 years of infertility. I was creating embryos so my sister could be a surrogate when I surprisingly got pregnant with the extras. Really, really bizarre. It was ultra poor pregnancy timing. I never guessed I'd have an unplanned IVF pregnancy or heart failure because of it. I had no idea that pregnancy could even cause heart failure.

Heart failure at a pivotal point in my career was even more stunning because of the arduous road I'd traveled to get where I loved my job, my firm, and my life.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on August 27, 2009 (boomark / email).