So you are ready to start your family. Are you sure about that? No. It is never the right time to start a family, things, life always gets in the way. But I promise it is the best thing you will ever do with your time, money, resources, love. Being a mom is the most awesome thing in the world. Here are some things you should consider before you take the leap:
What's your story? We can all learn from the experiences of others--from both successes and failures. If you've started your family, what challenges did you have to overcome? My husband and I were not planning on getting pregnant this early. Selfishly we really wanted a year to adjust to each other, process life together, transition into a new life together in a new city without the added strain of a pregnancy and a new baby. Even now being pregnant the hard part isn't, oh no we aren't out of debt yet, or I wanted to go back to school. Instead, it has been hard just thinking about giving up some freedoms. We were planning a trip to Colorado in the fall and now because I will be 7 months pregnant that probably won't be happening and that is hard to think about.
Fears and Anxieties. There will be many. We agonized over how we could afford to be responsible for a tiny human. I remember this anxiousness hovered over all my waking moments and clouded my faith that God would provide for us and financially honor our commitment to stay home. To be honest, I can't say that I ever really had true faith that God would provide. I hoped He would. I prayed He would. But, I stayed unsettled and worried right through my maternity leave with my employer.
There will be many anxieties, worries, stresses, no matter when you choose to start your family. It was the first adult thing my husband (of one year) and I had ever had to deal with. In some ways, we were blesses that this was the first challenging time in our lives. I know many people who have been through worse. Thankfully, we got pregnant right after starting to get pregnant and it has been a wonderfu rollercoaster ride ever since. Understanding that having a baby means giving up or sacrificing other things in our lives but as a mother looking back, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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