The Fifth Trimester
- Mar 31, 2017
THERE’S A FIFTH TRIMESTER–AND THIS ONE’S FOR YOU, WORKING MOM
Contributed by Lauren Smith Brody, founder of The Fifth Trimester movement, which helps new parents and businesses work together to revolutionize workplace culture, and author of the new book, The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After BabyYou know all about the first three trimesters, and probably even about the fourth (those bleary-eyed newborn days), but I’m convinced that there’s actually a Fifth Trimester, too. It’s when you head back to work after having a baby; it’s when the new working mom is born.