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Just a few months ago, I wrote about how lucky I felt. My husband is a firefighter with long shifts (and overtime), and I’m a morning radio personality who wakes up hours before the sun rises. Though our work schedules can be difficult, we have a village that includes both…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 45-year-old Alison Brewerton, Founder of Mama Strength Pilates. It has been edited for length and clarity.In 2016, I found out I was pregnant. At the time, I was near London with my boyfriend in an apartment I had bought in my…