Quitting job?

rsmall326 · November 2013

Is anyone else considering quitting their job once baby comes? My husband and I made a deal before I got pregnant that I could when the time came.

bjlarson0922 · November 2013

I plan on taking a medical leave but can't quit due to the money part.

chelseakae07 · November 2013

I plan to quit once baby comes! We've been saving for a long time and will be fine on just DH's income (we won't be saving money, but we'll get by). I hope to get a PT position as a dietitian later on (6-8 months) down the road, but it won't do me any good at my current FT position. I am oh so excited to quit!!!

yay!!

pantherRN · November 2013

We could not lead the lifestyle we do without my income. I make slightly more than DH. I will continue to work for this reason.

missgore04 · November 2013

DH and I have discussed this for so long that now that it is an actual possibility, I am kind of freaking out! His income is plenty, but I feel guilty quitting. He says I can go ahead and give my notice this week so I can enjoy my pregnancy and avoid illnesses (nurse at a family practice). Now I just need to put it in writing! Ahh!!

flajewel · November 2013

I'm quitting because we live far from our parents and I don't trust at home daycare places and preschools cost almost as much as my salary

. I don't make a lot, so if I just cut back my driving, my pampering and eating out we'll pretty much even out. Hardest part is going to be the insurance premium increase when adding baby

seells · November 2013

Possibly. DH is up for a promotion. He will find out in January/February about it. If he gets it I will be taking a leave of absense from my job but will stay on as a sub. (after the baby is 4-5 months old)

middleschoolmommy · November 2013

I would LOVE to take some time off, I just don't think we will be financially able. Student loans!!

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tourqeyes · November 2013

I'm the breadwinner, so unfortunately that is not an option for us.

Plus, some weird part of me likes to work.

reg202 · November 2013

I just lost my job at the beginning of this school year (music teacher in an inner-city school) so I've just been supplementing my DH's income by substitute teaching and nannying. Since my current income certainly wouldn't outweigh daycare, I'm going to work up until delivery and then I'm done. I guess my LO couldn't have picked a better time to come into the world!

I think I've always known that I would ultimately be a SAHM. DH has always been in agreement with that and we also want to start our LO out with homeschooling so I should be plenty busy.

likeanoldtimemovie · November 2013

I work from home as a parenting blogger and freelance writer, so I'm hoping to be able to figure out how to work during baby's (hopeful) naps without letting the house fall apart around me.

BookishMomma · November 2013

ashleysyn2 said:

It's good for my sanity anyways.

THIS. For me, anyway. I only have one kid now and already I think the 3 days I'm home with him all day per week are much harder than being at the office 4 days a week. And that's just with one.

kmawb · November 2013

I'll be keeping my job. I enjoy my career and we'd like to get a bigger house in the very near future, so 2 incomes is a must.

tealowl · November 2013

I make more than S/O, so I'll have to go back to work. We just need to find affordable day care, otherwise the worst case senario is that S/O becomes a SAHD.

1982Babies · November 2013

No, I like money.

BPer · November 2013

I quit when I was about 6 months pregnant with DD, and I've SAH since. I was just offered a job at the local university last week and I plan to take it, SAH is not for me.

lindseymik13 · November 2013

I hold all of the insurance in my name so I will not be quitting any time soon. And my husband's job isn't that stable. But I don't think I could be a SAHM. I would go insane.

reelcelticdancer · November 2013

I really want to be a SAHM. I don't know if we will be able to swing it, but either way, I'm quitting my job one baby is born. I hate this job and the is no way I could handle this ft job and baby.

cuntasaurusrex · November 2013

DH really really wants me to be a SAHM because of daycare cost, and of course just preferring one of us to be the one to raise our bean. I don't see how it's feasible with our life plan and goals, but I think we'll play it by ear, and I might just try working and see how it goes.

Salsera29 · November 2013

I would love to be a SAHM too, but like PPs have said it's just not financially feasible. In the 10 years I've worked in my job, only one woman has quit after her baby and she had family money. It's very uncommon to have a one-income household around here because cost of living is so high.

sheacox · November 2013

I will not. I am a working mom and will continue to be. I love my career! I will take 12 weeks maternity leave

TurtleMonsters · November 2013

I work from home, and teach. i plan on taking a break and returning when either I need to or want to. We'll most likely NEED it more then I'll want to, but my life plan was to raise kiddos, and have work that allowed for me to be with them almost all the time.

Sroberts28 · November 2013

I will be quitting just because financially it doesn't make sense. I barely make more than daycare costs. I would like to go back to school at some point. Maybe things would change at that time.

HokieLaw · November 2013

No. I make a lot more than MH and honestly I couldn't be a SAHM - I need to be out of the house and working to be happy. I'd go insane at home with three kids.

madyywells · November 2013

Yes I'll be quitting maybe even before baby comes! I'm excited lol.

abunai523 · November 2013

Nope, we couldn't do it, I am actually the main breadwinner for us. I figure I should at least pay off all my student loans before I think about leaving the workforce, and both my parents worked too so that's just always what I've known.

brooklynesque · November 2013

No, I've invested a lot in my legal career, and though I've already taken a lower-pressure (but still interesting) job compared to what I used to do, I can't see throwing it all away. (In my profession it's hard to re-enter at the same level at which you left.)

My mother also worked when I was growing up so I don't see it as a bad thing. There was *never* a question of who was really raising me. My mom was my mom.

LuluPMW · November 2013

We are taking it as it comes. I work part time and I'm not sure I could handle being a SAHM full time, but this is my first and who know how I'll feel when the time comes.

Any0506 · November 2013

I have quit! I actually planned on quitting, turned in my resignation and got my BFP 2 days later!! DH travels for work, so we are now traveling with him! Best decision we have ever made! We are so excited to spend this time as a family. Not to mention, I have felt like hell since 2 weeks before the BFP, so hell feels much better at home piled up in the bed!

Lola825 · November 2013

I will continue to work. I own a business so it's not really an option, and I love my work. DH loves what he does too, plus we love our paychecks. We could survive without one of our salaries but why only survive when we've worked so hard for what we have.

My sister in law works nights so she is able to babysit when needed and I'll have my nephew when she needs to sleep, ect. I have a seasonal business so Fall and Winter I'm super flexible. It will be a juggle but I'm confident we can do it this way.

Hpjabusch · November 2013

I wish! Happy for you

PregsMcSnoozalot · November 2013

Yup...."I wish" is exactly how I feel. My best friend is SAHM and her life seems pretty dang awesome. I like my job, though, and I like our house--so I gotta keep up my half of those mortgage payments!!

paxilchyk · November 2013

If we can magically come up with the extra income, then I'd be happy to stay home for the first year. Unfortunately that probably won't happen. DH's hours are being scaled back as it is. My income used to just be for my miscellaneous expenses and now it is needed for groceries and other household expenses.

BBColt78 · November 2013

Same as pp's. I make too much, like the time out of the house, and enjoy the lifestyle we have way too much.

Being a teacher though, I feel like I get a taste of what it's like to be a SAHM. God bless them!

priadean · November 2013

thankfully I work from home. I just will have a lot of details to work out after LO comes... I don't go in very often we will see how it works out. I honestly don't want to go back to one income... Things are so much easier with me working.

purpleXdandelion · November 2013

I am quitting in April!

nicole336 · November 2013

I'm a teacher and I want to stay home until baby is 3. I also teach nights at the University so I'll keep doing that to bring in some income. It's going to be very tight so I'm thinking about trying to pick up some online classes I can teach from home. I'm going to miss my kiddos at school a bunch though

Erin1510 · November 2013

We'll be moving about 4-6 weeks before my due date (yay military! lol) so I will be resigning my position at that time any way. My husband only has 13 months left on active duty after our move, so, if we can swing it I'd love to not work during that time. Once he's out of the military I'll be going back to work once we settle someplace permanently .