Becoming a mom while doing a PhD (Part 1)

I’m a first year post-doc in the Brown lab, and first-time mum of a one-and-a-half-year-old, soon to be second-time mum. I’ve been in the Brown lab, on and off, since 2012 when I started Honours. Honours was a trying year and until the end, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do a PhD, or even stay in science. But, I eventually made peace with science and agreed to come back to the lab in 2014 after taking a break to travel solo around Europe for a year (definitely something to do before kids!).