Any advice for handling pregnancy in big law? Somewhat concerned about the stress levels and late nights/staying healthy while also not letting my teams down. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

How far are you? have you disclosed yet? my advice is to tell early so any exhaustion or subpar work is more understandable

If you didn’t have HG, and you’ve made it past your first trimester exhaustion. You should be fine. Just make sure you eat.

Communicate your boundaries/what you need! I definitely do not want to assume that just because a woman is pregnant she doesn't want to or can't work on something late at night/work long hours/ etc., so I am business as usual unless the associate tells me they need something else.

1. Communicate without guilt or shame regarding your limits and boundaries.
2. If you can limit the number of partners or clients that you work with, do so. This doesn't necessarily mean you work fewer hours, but you would have fewer competing deadlines and fewer people with whom you communicate regarding every doctors appointment, etc.
3. Don't assume that the end of morning sickness is the same as your body being "back to normal". You will likely get tired more quickly and you may not be able to use old coping methods like caffeine or certain medicines.

You pray.

You never know how your pregnancy will go (or how things may change) so make sure the folks you work with most frequently are in the loop as far as your availability. If you're more than halfway through, definitely start thinking about transitioning matters including reminding partners if needed about coverage, availability, overall timeline. Once you get to about 36 weeks it's possible you may need to go at a moment's notice so loop in your coverage early if possible and then again right before you go.