Babies, babies, everywhere...

[lethie]

I know 6 people who are having a baby this year - J's coworker's wife, my coworker (she was due over the weekend, so it's any time now!), my train friend, Brian's Christine (who is not the maid of honour Christine that I often talk about), my cousin's wife, and now kelayrel (who took the place of J's other coworker's wife, who had her baby almost two weeks

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[lethie]

That's exactly it. I think to myself - we can more easily think about starting a family if we're done with the debt (if I want to be a stay at home mom). That won't be for a couple of years. But then it would also be much easier for me to go back to school once our debt is done, because we can't afford the bills and debt with only one income. But, the program I'm looking at is another 4 year Bachelor's degree. So. Let's say I'm 29 before the debt is paid off. If I go back to school after that, I'll be in school until I'm 33. Sure, 33 isn't a bad age to start, but how many kids will we want? How many years in between? I don't want to be having babies in my late 30s/early 40s, because I know of the increased risks as my age increases. *sigh* I've come to the conclusion that I won't likely be able to go back to school if we want to start a family, unless we can afford for me to be in school after having a baby...and would I want to be going to school full time with a child at home? Dunno. And wouldn't it be great to have a

[ducks]

Isn't it weird that 10 years ago, the worse thing to happen was if someone got pregnant. Now, we all cheer and congratulate when that happens...

[lethie]

I know! I was just thinking about that not long ago. It's funny that even 5 years ago, having a baby would have been a HUGE bad thing in my family (my cousin, who is my age, got pregnant 3 years ago, and because she wasn't married, it was a major stir up, at least for a bit...big deal ;) ). Different life stages. It's still so weird to me :). I don't know that I'll ever get used to it.

[kashiegurl]

It does feel really really weird.

Heck, I'm not even married yet - nor do I have any plans to be in the near future. Babies? Probably a good 7 years away at this point.

I have a Masters to finish and a PhD to think about. It's just amazing how higher education puts family on hold.

[lethie]

Life is all about the sacrifice, it sometimes seems. Prioritizing. I wish we could do it all!

[geogirl]

Take your time deciding to have a baby, but remember that there will never be a perfect time. I never felt like I was ready, I just had to quit birth control and "take the plunge." And I'm so happy I did. Being a mommy is just wonderful :)

[lethie]

So I've heard :). You should post more, I'd love to see how things are going! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying yourself though.

[geogirl]

I will probably start posting again now that I'm back at work. At home I wasn't using my computer much, so expect to hear from me :)

[lethie]

Back at work already? How long is mat leave there?