Summary: <span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Excuse the chewing sounds in this episode, Claire brought cake to share and obviously we couldn't wait to hoe in! </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Claire Berry's story begins like most of our interviews, with a self-employed mum of two young kids, and then takes a sharp turn when she discusses the (frankly, fascinating) story of having her second child through a surrogate. </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Claire has a medical condition which prevented her from carrying a second child, so her and her husband went through the process of surrogacy, which was a minefield of bureaucracy, but ultimately led to the safe arrival of her son.</span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Claire is a medical industry interview consultant and works from home, so we also discuss the joy and despair of working from home with kids underfoot, the added stress of managing a medical condition while parenting, and our very 'spirited' toddlers. </span>
