I’m self-employed and planning pregnancy. Financially, I’m terrified.

“I worked up until the morning of the birth and was back working when my daughter was just four days old.” “I’m self-employed and was back to work six hours after the delivery.” These are just two of the horror stories I’ve come across online while doing my research on how to be pregnant and self-employed. As I plan to start a family while operating a freelance writing business, they don’t exactly fill me with...