Morning everyone.
Good to see you back Washersaurus and sorry you have had such a worrying time of things financially. I am guessing you have not qualified as a lawyer yet as you just finished your degree before your son was born (quite an achievement I would have thought!) but could you look at maybe getting some paralegal work part time while you are still pregnant? You could lie and say you are interested in X firm for training contract etc etc and was hoping for some paid work experience. Not sure if it would be worth your time away from your son (or whether you would have to pay for childcare).
Fingers crossed your DH has a windfall and you don't need to worry about it all. Especially as you seem very busy cleaning! (Are you sure you should be using bleach?)
I am in the same boat as hersetta - my salary is five times that of my boyfriend and we cannot afford to lose it really. I have found on reading the ML policy that although some salary trickles in (less and less the longer I have off) the firm pays lots by way of coming back to work bonuses instead. We are still possibly going back to Aus before bubs is six months old (i.e before night and day switching around is a big problem for sleeping), which would mean my looking for a new job straight away with tiny bubs being looked after by someone new in a new house in a new country. Not enticing.
I am going to wait and see. I would rather make decisions totally on the basis of how the baby and I are doing together rather than looking at money, but how can you help it?
I am hoping to work as close as poss to due date. We will have everything by then (I have actually already bought a supply of nappies). I just want a couple of days, or up to a week to relax in the sun and talk the baby into being relaxed and prep us both for labour.