It is so great to hear these comments - especially from women like Triske and Robyn with adult(ish) children who worked when the kids were growing up and set an example of one way of combining your career, life, goals with the goals of your children. Thank you!!! I am hoping I am setting such a fine example for my daughter. I'm certainly in the minority as most mothers here do not work. (I'm also, at 40, a good 10 years younger than most of the mothers.)

Xeney - on the pumping thing - do you have an office or is there an office available? I did pump for a couple of years, and it was tricky. But I would shut my door and people knew not to open it. (I also brought my daughter to work for a couple of months and it was funny to see the senior partner - a childless 50-year old - occasionally walk in while I was nursing. He was a super good sport about it and I think in the end it was a good experience for all. But I wasn't doing as much litigation work at that time - mostly research and motion writing.