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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 23 and 21 year old.

In 1999 I was pregnant and up for a promotion. My boss said “you are clearly the most qualified but since you are pregnant I think your energy and attention will be elsewhere “ and he gave the promotion to a male who was way less qualified.

At the time it was legal to discriminate because of being a new mom. It was illegal to discriminate against me as a pregnant person but as a new mom it was legal.

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I was recently promoted on maternity leave! We are making progress. [/quote]

Same here![/quote]
Please take a moment when you are back from leave and write a think you letter to a woman at your office who has a child who is late teens.
We pumped in the bathroom / or a parked car in the parking garage.
At good firms had 6 weeks paid maternity leave.
I was 5 months pregnant before I shared due to the fact I was up for promotion that year and in the meeting I had with my partner to share, he ranted about another practice and how it was skewed women and the complexities of hitting numbers due to women out on maternity / trying to return part time.
If you could find a women at a higher level to see yourself - they were not married / did not have kids / had a spouse in big law or finance so that they had multiple nannies

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