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| Ruth Davidson describes pregnancy as 'fearful and hopeful' | Ruth Davidson describes pregnancy as 'fearful and hopeful' |
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| Ruth Davidson has described her pregnancy as ”joyous, mortifying, fearful and hopeful”. | Ruth Davidson has described her pregnancy as ”joyous, mortifying, fearful and hopeful”. |
| The Scottish Conservative leader announced earlier this year that she was expecting a baby with her partner, Jen Wilson, and has said they were currently referring to the unborn baby as Fionnuala. | The Scottish Conservative leader announced earlier this year that she was expecting a baby with her partner, Jen Wilson, and has said they were currently referring to the unborn baby as Fionnuala. |
| In extracts from her new book, Yes She Can: Why Women Own the Future, published in the Sunday Times Scotland, Davidson revealed the range of emotions she has experienced through her pregnancy and the “interesting situations” she faced, like preparing for IVF treatment while travelling to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. | In extracts from her new book, Yes She Can: Why Women Own the Future, published in the Sunday Times Scotland, Davidson revealed the range of emotions she has experienced through her pregnancy and the “interesting situations” she faced, like preparing for IVF treatment while travelling to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. |
| She said the experience so far has been “invasive, joyous, mortifying, fearful and hopeful”. | She said the experience so far has been “invasive, joyous, mortifying, fearful and hopeful”. |
| In the extract, Davidson said: “There is a special feeling of wanting the earth to swallow you whole when you are led in a hospital gown to the room where an internal examination is going to take place by a nurse who decides to strike up conversation with ‘I saw you on the telly last night, talking about the NHS’.” | In the extract, Davidson said: “There is a special feeling of wanting the earth to swallow you whole when you are led in a hospital gown to the room where an internal examination is going to take place by a nurse who decides to strike up conversation with ‘I saw you on the telly last night, talking about the NHS’.” |
| Davidson also said that she walked out of negotiations over her pay while a presenter at BBC Radio Scotland because she was being offered far less than the man she was replacing. “It was more than a third greater than I was earning for the same role,” she wrote. “Granted, he had been there a couple of years longer, but that was still a big difference.” | Davidson also said that she walked out of negotiations over her pay while a presenter at BBC Radio Scotland because she was being offered far less than the man she was replacing. “It was more than a third greater than I was earning for the same role,” she wrote. “Granted, he had been there a couple of years longer, but that was still a big difference.” |
| After she left the negotiations, the BBC returned to her with an improved offer two weeks later, which she accepted. “It still strikes me how powerless I felt,” she wrote. “I could have been branded a troublemaker and have seen my future prospects hit.” | After she left the negotiations, the BBC returned to her with an improved offer two weeks later, which she accepted. “It still strikes me how powerless I felt,” she wrote. “I could have been branded a troublemaker and have seen my future prospects hit.” |
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