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Another post for those who are PG again or trying again....
I'm being nosy- sorry!
I have gone back to work fulltime after having Haiden. After number 2 I won't be able to work because we won't be able to afford childcare. What do you do/plan to do? Are you going to work or not? Will this be a struggle finiancially?
Housing situation- we are in a small 2 bed, not big enough for another baby. We will need to move before having another. It is shared ownership so we have a mortage. What is your situation? Is your house big enough? Is it bought/rented/council?
Just trying to work out how in the hell everyone else does it!!!
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I have gone back to work fulltime after having Haiden. After number 2 I won't be able to work because we won't be able to afford childcare. What do you do/plan to do? Are you going to work or not? Will this be a struggle finiancially?
Housing situation- we are in a small 2 bed, not big enough for another baby. We will need to move before having another. It is shared ownership so we have a mortage. What is your situation? Is your house big enough? Is it bought/rented/council?
Just trying to work out how in the hell everyone else does it!!!
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Jo xxx
We live in a 2 bed maisonette, at the moment our 2 daughters share a small bedroom. When we have another baby I plan to buy bunkbeds then have the newborn in with us in the cotbed. It will be tight for a while but worth it!
We are currently renting with housing association, our rent is manageable but we know that there is no way we can afford a mortgage in the near future.
(We hope to get a transfer within the housing association)
I havent worked full time since I fell pregnant with our eldest in 2005!
We get by, I would say some months we struggle but sometimes we feel comfortable.
I wont be going back to work until both maybe all our children are at full time school and even then it will only be part time hours.
My partner works long hours so its not ideal for me to work even weekends or evenings.
To pay for childcare would take all my income so thats out of the question.
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Jojo don't cry! Have a bit of cake!!
When does Felicity go to school Fiona? xx
We currently live in a 3 bed semi. We are in the process of buying a 6 bed detached property (last buyer pulled out grr!). Our mortgage will increase but we should still be ok at the end of each month. Hubby usually works 12 hour shifts 6 days a week. Before we had children we had a very healthy joint income but I don't feel any worse off now. I think with each child you just learn to adjust the outgoings to match the income.
Cat xxx
The problem we have is really the area we are in. We don't want to move away, and why should we? This is where we are from- this is where our families are! But it's just so expensive and that's why we are in shared ownership. But there are no bigger shared ownership houses locally sos currently we can't move but stay in the same place
I honestly don't know how other people have done it- help from parents I think
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I'd love another but when we renovated, we took out a loan for 3 yrs rather than add onto our mortgage. The monthly payment is hefty so I'll need to work for at least the next 3 yrs until its paid. I've dropped to 3 days too so def can't afford another one yet so you're not alone.
I've had the implant rod put in for 3 yrs then will decide once its out. June 2013 will be a good month! Lol x
financially we're just coping I guess. I've gone part time and dropped 17k. this is a huge amount and we no longer have the lifestyle we used to but hey ho, thats life and some things are more important.
You'll figure it out hun xxx
If Gilbert mark 2 comes along, it will be bunkbeds and hand me downs. We do have some very tough months, which can be a stress in itself but it's only money, I just keep buying the lottery tickets!
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