I’ve talked a bit before about what being Professional means. And how a pregnant professional naturally flows from being a professional.
But here at the pregnant professional, we are not just anything. This curriculum and program is not about being merely. Yes, it’s about handling a very common occurance. Women do have children rather frequently, in the scope of the world.
But this group is not about ordinary. If we wanted to do ordinary, we would do what everyone else does.
Everyone else asks their coworkers, and trusts what HR tells them. They ask in the bathroom and from their friends. That’s ordinary. And it works ok. Certainly it’s what has been done for a long time.
However, for the ambitious Pregnant professional tribe, the common and good enough is not good enough. We are uncommon. We didn’t work this hard, we didn’t explore all the options and lift every rock in our lives to GIVE UP when it comes to pregnancy.
There are best practices. Even if we have to discover them.
I am drafting a manifesto for what exactly this tribe is.
Under no circumstances are we ordinary. That’s the beginning.