http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/workplace+profiling/default.aspxTags: workplace profilingenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/03/27/the-more-things-change.aspxThu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:00 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:80729Adrienne Martini0http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=80729http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/03/27/the-more-things-change.aspx#comments<p><a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/03/23-End/r171098_642721.jpg"><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/03/23-End/r171098_642721.jpg" alt="" align="right" border="0" height="187" hspace="4" width="250" /></a>When it comes to mixing work and pregnancy, I have been extremely lucky. With baby number one, I worked for a weekly paper whose maternity leave policy was, in essence, do what you need to do and come back when you&#39;re ready. With baby number two, I was (and, um, am) a freelance writer who also taught at a university and was off during the summer that I delivered. Hooray for me!</p><p>Sadly, my experience has been the exception rather than the rule. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-paul/punished-for-being-pregna_b_92644.html">Pamela Paul&#39;s impassioned column</a> is a reminder that announcing you&#39;re pregnant can be a career killer. Hell, even just being female and therefore potentially pregnant is enough sometimes.&nbsp;</p><p>Have we really come a long way, baby? </p><p><i>Photo credit: abc.net.au</i>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=80729" width="1" height="1">pregnancypregnantworkmaternityworkplace profilingPamela Paul