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Postponing a Baby in This Recession
By Lisa BelkinTrisha Haas, who runs the blog MomDot.com, would love to have a second child. The plan, in last year’s economy, was to have four. If times were better she would “be pregnant, or at least trying” by now, she says.
But she is neither. Haas and her husband, Chris, a former USAF officer who just recently began work as a fleet manager for the Airgas, an industrial equipment manufacturer, live in Mobile, Ala., where, between the two of them they have “a decent income” and a house with two empty bedrooms, she says. But the couple is always aware that Chris is a relatively new employee in a company that is streamlining. “We live paycheck to paycheck, and we never know if today is the day a layoff will happen,” she says.
Read the rest of the article here on the NY Times webpage
(btw, before you ask, I told her that DH wanted 4-and yes, he is legally insane to want four kids, not me, but I did promise one more and we shall see if that even happens. Its too scary now.)
i dont think were postponing kids because of the recession, i think its more cause i cant imagine having mroe right now LOL.
Its great you got quoted-(or misquoted) your so cool trisha!
The economy is a big factor when having kids. Especially in the area of lay offs.
I am a producer for Good Morning America, and am looking to interview a California wife/mother who is postponing pregnancy or adoption due to the recession. If you are interested in sharing your story, please email me at nicole.young@abc.com
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The economy is scary. I’m on maternity leave right now and just found out recently that my company cut 1000 positions. I’m scared of what I’ll go back to. Luckily, I have till October to find out since maternity leave in Canada is 1 year.
the economy right now isn’t scaring me enough away from a baby. I would love to have one more and i’m not getting any younger. Our financial situation hasn’t changed in the last three years, we have enough to take care of two kids. That would be the end of it though!
Congrats. That must feel great! Keep up the great work!
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Congrats on the shout out! you go girl!
Yeah, I read this article yesterday or the day before (I think!), and I was wondering about you wanting four!
We’ll have our third in nine weeks, and Hubs is already wanting another! I’m not opposed to it, but I don’t know if I can physically do this again!
I am the one who wants more…DH doesn’t but he’ll come around to my way of thinking shortly LOL. It helps that I have about 3 conception helping products that I need to test out…here baby baby baby LOL.
About the economy. I am of the belief that it will get better and I want to have my kiddos close enough together that they will be connected. I was an only child and it stunk…
Postponing as long as hubby says NO more… my heart aches and my uterus shutters everytime I see a newborn.
We were pretty decided before the economy tanked that we were done. My body can’t take any more and our house won’t fit any more. He would have liked 2 more (totalling 5 here!) but I wasn’t having it!
Yes, definitly postponing for the moment.
congratulations on the shout out!
We ar enot having any more kids… the 3 boys is enough
I read this article in the NY Times before is was even here. Congrats!!!
@ The Mother:
LOL!! He always says ” i want FOUR Girls” thats what i call insane….begging for four little girls? And four GIRL TEENAGERS. BE still my heart.
Congrats on the NY Times piece, but watch who you’re calling insane!
Really, we never set out for four. Just happened.
You’d think I’d know how to prevent that, huh?