ratmist
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Heh, that quote is what my mother, my in-laws and my husband is fond of telling me. It's hard to balance that logic with the knowledge that thinking about family planning (the timing of it) is also really important.
I took a pregnancy test the day before we found out that we weren't eligible for so much of the financial help we thought we could get through the government. It was negative, and I was feeling pre-menstrual. On the day we had the chat with the financial representative, we decided right then that we would wait for a few more years so we could save up in preparation for a baby. I was relieved, to be honest. I thought we'd dodged a bullet, considering our financial plans had been so wrong. It was that night that I found out I was pregnant.
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The current plan is that the baby comes on/around 9th October. I'm planning to stay at home with the baby until January. If I get the post-doc, I take up the position in January. In January, the baby will be about 3 months old, and most nurseries in the city will accept him/her.
My career is extremely important to me, and I'm trying to do everything I can to stay in archaeology in the academic world (i.e., work in university to continue my research). Getting a post-doc is very hard though. If I cannot stay in archaeology full-time, I'll have to do a full-time non-archaeology job at a minimum of £20k a year in order to meet my student debt repayment, and publish off my PhD research in order to stay active in the field.
Staying at home simply isn't an option financially, but even if it was, I don't think I'd want it. I want my career.
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My husband, bless him, is over the moon. At the first scan, I was too busy being gobsmacked to do much other than ask the sonographer if the images on the screen were real.
He was busy weeping with joy.
He is absolutely over the moon, totally 100% for this, even with the financial side of it worrying us. I could not - would not - do this without him.
Heh, that quote is what my mother, my in-laws and my husband is fond of telling me. It's hard to balance that logic with the knowledge that thinking about family planning (the timing of it) is also really important.
I took a pregnancy test the day before we found out that we weren't eligible for so much of the financial help we thought we could get through the government. It was negative, and I was feeling pre-menstrual. On the day we had the chat with the financial representative, we decided right then that we would wait for a few more years so we could save up in preparation for a baby. I was relieved, to be honest. I thought we'd dodged a bullet, considering our financial plans had been so wrong. It was that night that I found out I was pregnant.
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The current plan is that the baby comes on/around 9th October. I'm planning to stay at home with the baby until January. If I get the post-doc, I take up the position in January. In January, the baby will be about 3 months old, and most nurseries in the city will accept him/her.
My career is extremely important to me, and I'm trying to do everything I can to stay in archaeology in the academic world (i.e., work in university to continue my research). Getting a post-doc is very hard though. If I cannot stay in archaeology full-time, I'll have to do a full-time non-archaeology job at a minimum of £20k a year in order to meet my student debt repayment, and publish off my PhD research in order to stay active in the field.
Staying at home simply isn't an option financially, but even if it was, I don't think I'd want it. I want my career.
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My husband, bless him, is over the moon. At the first scan, I was too busy being gobsmacked to do much other than ask the sonographer if the images on the screen were real.
He was busy weeping with joy.