I don't usually make posts like this, but there is so much talk about starting your family as an early career academic and how stressful it is. We welcomed our little guy into the world about a month ago after a long and stressful journey to get him here. 1/n We suffered infertility and several losses over the past three years, all during my postdoc and while interviewing for faculty positions (and a pandemic). I've been very fortunate to have had a supportive postdoc PI and faculty department chair. Going through this put it all in