My baby left me with no career path. It was the best thing to happen | Women in Leadership | The Guardian

I’d been working as a copywriter for a year before I fell pregnant. I loved getting the tube into London’s Farringdon each morning, taking part in creative meetings and conjuring puns all day – but I also felt ready to have a baby.

So when, at 40 weeks pregnant, my contract automatically terminated I felt both liberated and a little bit scared.