Category Archive for: ‘Motherhood’

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  Deciding On When To Have A Baby: Career, Timing, Costs

  It’s Saturday evening and I’m catching up with one of my college friends, updating each other on what’s new in our lives. Of course, the subject of pregnancy comes up and I know that since we are in our 30s with no kids, I brought [...]

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  Journey to Motherhood: I’m Ready!

  Last week I was talking to my mom about my latest visit to my GYN, the cost of IVF and other maternity health related banter. I’ve blogged about both of our families asking intrusive questions and seemingly never really understanding that this is something we [...]

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• Journey To Motherhood: How Did You Know You Were Ready To Become A Mother?

  How did you know you were ready to become a mom?  Did something just switch on?  I’ll be honest and say I don’t know that I was ready to be “wife” until 1.5 years into our marriage.  The intent was there but to really step [...]

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• Stay At Home Moms And The What If Factor?

  So with all this talk about motherhood, my husband and I have been having pretty frank discussions about my reservations around having a child right now, one of them that I haven’t discussed being adequate and quality childcare. He then asked if I would consider [...]

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• Taking The First Steps Towards Motherhood

  My husband and I had a good talk tonight about what the next stage in our lives should be.  Since completing my graduate studies I love not having to study for a test, write a paper or get together for a group project on the [...]

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  Open Discussion: Professional Women Losing Their Identities After Baby

  First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage!  Right?  Well, not so fast. The issue for some women after the arrival of baby seems to be: Who am I? What am I worth? Am I still considered a professional and [...]

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• Are We Giving Up Too Much: After A Baby Full Time Or Part?

  This is an old post but I thought I’d bring it back with some new information gleaned from the Washington Post’s article, After A Baby, Full Time Or Part? This is something I struggle with being a newly wed with the expectation of children on [...]

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• When is it all too much?

  Is it really worth it?  I ask myself that as my husband just came out of 2 years of graduate school with his second masters degree.  It wasn’t easy on our relationship but in some ways easier since we are/were both graduate students.  I will [...]

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• Are We Giving Up Too Much: After A Baby Full Time Or Part?

  This is an old post but I thought I’d bring it back with some new information gleaned from the Washington Post’s article,After A Baby, Full Time Or Part?” “ This is something I struggle with being a newly wed with the expectation of children on [...]

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