@thetimes: What is Trimester zero? In her late twenties Gabriela Flax knew she wanted children but was unwilling to forfeit her career or take the big financial hit that many mothers face. Women’s earnings fall an average of 42% five years after having their first child, according to the Office for National Statistics. Flax, 31, from London, believed there must be another way, and so spent four years moving towards more income with more flexibility — ditching her 60-hour weeks working as a product manager at tech companies. She named these planning years — the time women have when they know they might want children but are not yet at the point of trying to get pregnant — “Trimester Zero” #news #motherhood #pregnancy #fertility #equality

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