I'm pregnant and due date is after I graduate uni. I planned this, and I am happy that, rather than being in the situation where I might rush into some new career which I am unsure about, I will be forced to take a back seat for the first time in ages and focus on my family. University has been a bad experience for me and I struggled through every minute of it as I rushed into courses that turned out to be wrong for me and changed courses and dropped out more than once...and only now am I finally graduating after 6 years there. I felt that this would be a good time to have a baby as I have neglected my family life in all my stress, and I want to feel like I have an excuse to take my time to take the next step in my career.
HOWEVER money is tighter than I expected, my other half is suddenly not earning as much as he was previously for complicated reasons. As he is self employed, there is a real chance that his work could earn him a lot of money after he gets additional training in the new year, but all this uncertainty has clouded my joy at finally having a baby and made me worry. I would really love to hear from anyone else how having a baby affected your career.
I am not particularly ambitious, just want a job that I enjoy and mostly want to spend time with my family. I will be keeping my part time evening job anyway, as an extra source of income, until I really start my real career. Also, just to make clear that although the timing of the pregnancy was calculated, please don't think that I am only having the baby as a convenience for myself, I have wanted a child for years now and it has only just seemed like a good time for it, even if it is beginning to look like I was a bit hasty