A friend called her maternity leave a 'holiday.' It made her realize just how much she got wrong about it, too.

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Samira Shihab was on a catch-up call with a friend when he used the word "holiday" to refer to her maternity leave. Shihab is a principal at AC Ventures, a venture capital firm that works with early-stage startups in Southeast Asia. She's the founder of two Indonesia-based companies: Tinkerlust, an ecommerce app, and Stellar Women, a community for women in entrepreneurship. Shihab, who is based in Jakarta, is also a mother to three kids, ages 12, 8, and three months. Her third child marked her