The Story Behind Startup Parent & Founders With Kids

“You’re building a startup while you’re pregnant? Are you insane?”

“You’re building a startup while you’re pregnant? Are you insane?” That’s what everyone asked me when I decided to get pregnant while working full-time at a tech startup in New York City in 2015. There I was: working as one of the earliest members at a venture-backed startup, and I got pregnant.

I'd been told—by society, by culture, by workplaces—that on…