Career vs Family

[Chocolate18]

Hi Ladies

How's it going?

I'd like some of your thoughts and guidance on a specific topic please.

Basically I'm 30 y/o and planning to start a family with my husband. We have started trying since Jan this year and still nothing so far. I know it's only been 6 months of trying but I have historical issues with my cycles and am aware that my TTC journey might be longer than others. Just don't know 'how long'?

I am also a pretty career driven person and my career and job satisfaction is something that is quite important to me. I didnt realise how important it is to me until I changed jobs 15 months ago (just before covid). Although I am doing some okayish things in my new role I sometimes worry that the new organisation is a bit old school and that I'm losing my skills and abilities. There is no real progression in this role and I worry that if I stick around at this company for too long I will be set back.

My question is - would you advise that I stay on in my job and continue to TTC or should I leave now, wait a year and then start trying to TTC again? I am in a bit of dilemma as what to do. What would you do in my situation? Has anyone gone through something similar? What would your advise be?

Took me six years to have DD. I changed jobs more than once in those six years, but didn't stop TTC. Why would you stop for a year?

Why stop for a year? My work place said I needed to be there for 6 months before becoming pregnant to get maternity pay.
I would consider what you want to do after you have a baby in terms of part time positions; in my industry part time positions are quite hard to come by unless you go off to have a baby and come back on a part time basis. If it’s similar for you then you could get stuck in your current workplace even after you have a baby

It's great that you have a clear idea about how important your career is. TTC is such a 'how long is a piece of string' thing anyway, I think you may as well focus on your career and go with the flow where ttc is concerned for now.
Hope it all turns out well for you.