I Started A Business At Seven Months Pregnant

When we officially launch PeachesI was seven months pregnant. The moment was perfect, but again, what is it?

We were building a brand designed to make early parenting more and more beautiful, and was about to enter that stage of head of the head. On paper, it made sense. In practice, it was chaos.

However, what surprised me was that Start a business While the heavy pregnant was the most difficult part. That came later, when I returned to work three months after delivery and went directly into a fundraising.

He was trying to be everything: a current mother, an sharp operator, a high -energy founder, a human milk machine. But below everything, I was trying to unite my identity.

Women can have everything, but what cost?

There is a cultural narrative that women can do everything. And I think that’s true. But at what cost? What toll does that give to your body, your mental health, your relationships, your joy?

In those first months ago at work, I would be Pitching Investors With a milk extractor tied to the camera. He would negotiate supplier contracts while shaking a newborn with one foot.

My calendar was a mosaic of meetings, breastfeeding sessions, child care transfers and stolen occasional shower.

I survived thanks to Meticulous programming And the support of my partner and my co -founder, Rima, who hero Espacia for me as a environment and a businesswoman. But it was not easy. In fact, it was the most difficult period of my life after losing my father. And it is not yet easy.

My calendar was a mosaic of meetings, breastfeeding sessions, child care transfers and stolen occasional shower.

Experience has taught me some deep and humiliating truths about business, the raising of children and what it means to appear completely in both.

1. Design your day is a superpower

One of the gifts to manage your own company is the freedom to Form your schedule. That flexibility does not mean working less, it means working Differently.

I structure my days when I can be more present with my son, when I need a quiet time to concentrate, and when I am emotionally and mentally warned for meetings or creative thinking.

This flexibility is a lifeguard. It allowed me to integrate Mother Hood into the fabric of my workday, not only to press it on the margins.

2. Resilience is cumulative

Building a business and becoming a father at the same time is not just possible, it is Strangely symbiotic. The resilience that builds in one space feeds the other.

Surviving insomnia nights made me more patient in difficult negotiations. Navigate from tantrums for young children made me a better, more Empathetic team leader. You build those muscles and discover that the force carries.

3. The delegation is survival

Both the raising of children and entrepreneurship demand that it be everywhere, all at the same time. But learning to delegate, at home and at work, has been essential. I have had to feel comfortable trusting others with the things that I used to hold hard.

That means asking for help with the care of children, sharing the load with my partner and relying on our incredible peach team. I don’t need to do everything myself. I should.

4. Realize what matters

He simply cannot do everything, not physical, mentally or emotionally. And that’s fine. The real challenge is to discover where is Your time and your energy are the best.

That Significant? What is necessary? What brings you joy?

For me, that is to be completely present at certain times. At the time of the bath with my son, or in the deep flow in a planning session of the supply chain.

I have no family nearby (my partner and I are expatriates), so our local village is composed of friends, co -founders and a support mosaic. Works. It is enough.

5. If not fun, it’s not worth it

This trip is difficult, but it is also exciting. The maximums are stimulating, creative freedom is unmatched and the passion we feel for peaches Mission statement It is what feeds us through the wavy patches.

Fun may seem a luxury in the midst of an attention of the 2 am or a crisis meeting, but it is essential. If you are not finding moments of joy in the building, the resolution of problems, the narration of stories, then, what is it for?

All things considered ..

Yes, women can do everything. But we should do it to have to do it onlyAnd we must not pretend there is no cost. The myth of effortless balance does not work for us. What serves us is honesty, support, flexibility and permission to let some things slide.

I launched a business at seven months of pregnancy. I collected funds while I recovered from important abdominal surgery and dripping milk in a hoodie. I have failed, wanted, cried, laughed and cultivated. I’m still in that, I’m still solving it. My mentality is to continue advancing.

And you know what? I would continue for anything.

Morgan Mixon, co -founder of Peachies

Morgan is co -founder of peachies, development of leading products and supply chain. It was previously Coo de Accelerate (part of the Founders Forum), an organization focused on addressing the subraination of women in technology. Morgan began his career in communications and corporate operations in heavy and sustainable energy industries. Morgan has an MBA of Imperial College and she speaks Mandarin and Italian. A management today 35 women under 35 years old. Proud mom to Lev.

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