Have u checked NCBI? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Hey Aprilflowers,
I dont think it is complicated. People holding more permanent jobs dont bait an eyelid before going off the pills, so why most a post-doc? Just pray you find an understanding supervisor, especially one who has been there. You may think you are still young and decide to wait, but believe me, the waiting never stops and the timing never "right". There will always be something else to wait for and take care of. I have seen women old enough to be grandmas run off at 3:30pm to pick up there 3yr olds from daycare and still complain that it is too much stress! It is up to you to decide when you want to have your family and that should not be dictated, though may be influenced, by what job position you hold.

So.. I am taking it one day at a time. Thank God my morning sickness is just for 30 mins every morning unlike my first. I am trying to do as much work as I can so that there wont be too much lapses when I need to take my maternity leave. A couple of my colleagues and post-docs are also pregnant and are not working any less than the others who are not. Some of them are even working more than the guy in my lab who comes in at 11am, sits at the internet until 5pm before putting on his lab coat. Leaves the lab at 10pm to show off to the world that "graduate school is "tough", see me working late"! It is not how late you work, but how much you get done when you work. So if you must combine PhD and family, do it! It is possible with good planning and focus!

Now, I am pregnant with my second child. We are happy about it as we have planned it that way. Some people may frown at it, we dont care. People frown at a lot of other things too, even senselessly. If now is not a good time to have a family, when will? The expectations will even be higher when I get a job and then my biological clock my say "time's up ol' gal". My son have been a blessing on the stressful days of PhD. Many people may frown at it, including my advisor (who is yet to know, though I am in my ninth week). Just want to make sure I have made reasonable progress on my second paper before making the announcement. He had once said I should let him know when and if I get pregnant so that he wont let me do the radioactive stuff. But having being with him for 3yrs, I know better than telling I am pregnant just after his last manuscript was rejected for publication!

My advisor is only "helpful". Even though I have only taken 2 days of since I have been in his lab (when my son ran a teething fever), he had once gone around saying he is concerned my having a son would affect my research. He is dominant, overbearing person, who is always in a hurry to get things done, even though he never gets the courage to publish the findings. He is a workaholic. 24/7 though he has 3 children. I had to wrestle my project off his hands becos he thot he was doing me a favor by doing my expts for me since I have a child. Sounds nice but I know how the story will go. I have since taken charge of my research and making great progress...

Just across this forum. Rigel, I believe you would have put to bed by now. Congratulations! And stick in! God is on your side. I had my son after my 1st yr of my PhD in Chemistry. I later transfered to Biochemistry in my husband schl (he is in Chemistry, 5th yr). I am now in my 3rd yr. Yes, it has not been easy, but it is doable. My husband is very helpful, even though he is more senior graduate student, he does most of child caring stuff. Bath him, prepare him for daycare/school, drop him off and pick him up before picking me up. I do the home stuff, we dont eat out (cant afford to) so I cook a lot! and good food too