“You’re running a marathon just like all the other founders who are raising, but it’s like you’ve got this invisible fridge on your back.” Outtier — who eventually raised from her existing backers — is one of a number of female founders who’ve plunged into the shark tank of a funding round while pregnant.  It’s hard work — and more taxing than a “normal” fundraise — but it’s doable, she says. “Fundraising while pregnant is probably going to be tougher than you imagine, but if you think it’s going to be absolutely awful that’s probably not true either.”

https://sifted.eu/articles/pregnant-and-fundraising/