worrying about pregnancy matter

Indonesia
March 26, 2008 1:45am CST
dear all, i need opinion about pregnancy matter. so far, after my failed in pregancy before, i don't think to be ready in pregnant but my husband seems want me to get pregnant soon as possible. i still worry how to arise my child later on, who gonna take care my child later on since bot of us working outside and back at home late of night. i don't think with our condition at this moment, we able to hire someone as baby sitter to take care our child. i also concerning about the education cost of my child later on. since i really want my child has university degree. and at this moment we don't have good income for our household at this moment, the main factor that i also worrying much is about my current job which seemed not to promise to stay for. in my plan, after i find a good job to stay then i would be able to have my pregnancy which i prediction on next year, and my husband getting different opinion than me. no matter the condition, he wants to get child soon as possible which i could not accept at all. however, my doctor also said that if i want to have pregnancy i should maintain my level stress carefully if not, it would get fail again as like before so any advise about this one, dear friends? my ready level for pregnancy at this moment on 60/100
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
26 Mar 08
If you are not really ready to get pregnant right now then I would advise waiting. You can control that much of your body by using contraception. And its only a year, its not like you are putting it off until you are too old or anything.
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• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
yeah also thinking like that but my husband want the opposite with i am thinking dear. however, your comment is nice to have dear
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
26 Mar 08
Just tell him that your doctor says you have to either have a less stressful job, or no job at all before you get pregnant again, so that the DOCTOR thinks you should wait, and you are going to follow your doctor's orders.
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
thanks hun. you are really nice friend. i would make my husband reminding again about this matter
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
26 Mar 08
How old are you if you dont mind me asking? I ask this because there may be plenty of years before you need get pregnant. Really, you should only try getting pregnant when YOU are ready, not your husband. Ask him what his solutions are to the problem of finance & child care. I dont mean to put your husband down, but he he needs to put himself in your position. It doesn't sound like you are ready to have a baby. Would your husband listen to your Doctor? Are there some members of your family who could explain to him that your stress & financial worries need to be improved? I didn't have my child until I was 35 years of age. PS. I misunderstood your question to me regarding mycashguide. Your points for posts should be working. Mine are. Have another try & see what happens & let me know.
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• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
at june this year, i would be 26. and yeah on that time he also heard that i can't have any high stress while pregnancy otherwise it would be failed again. when i have something to think, it always bring me into deep thought and in my herritage, people in my age already had 2 children, thats why every family members always asking me when i would get pregnant anyway, thank you for your information about that forum. i am gonna try it
@ltmoon (1008)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I am interpreting your comments to mean that you previously miscarried during your earlier pregnancy. If so, you should really listen to your doctor's advice about getting pregnant again and how to prevent another miscarriage. If you are only 60% ready you definitely should wait! Your health should be foremost and your husband should respect that.
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• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
yeah, i ever had miscarried on the previous old. it was one month old in my pregnancy time. too many things to have in my mind on that time also pressure in my office work made me face those kind thing. and i am not ready 100% yet at this moment
@alamode (3071)
• United States
26 Mar 08
You already said that you aren't ready, so you answered this question yourself. When you know you're ready, there will be no questions, everything will go well. Husbands don't know all that is involved, because they don't have to take care of the day-to-day reality of doing everything it takes to care for a child. We were all right with our first child... then I lost the next, and was very depressed. The Dr told my husband I should get pregnant right away, but I wish we would have waited, because we had very little money after paying the doctor bills. My stress level climbed to a frightening level after our son was born, and having 2 in diapers was so much work! I sorted it eventually, and just when I thought I was doing all right, I got pregnant again! She was the hardest to carry because I wasn't very healthy at that time, due to the stress. But she was the easiest birth, because my husband had a vasectomy right before she was born... I knew we wouldn't have to risk it again. But still, having 3 so close together was the hardest thing... I rarely slept or even rested, and I never had any help. We didn't go out alone for over 5 years because we couldn't afford a babysitter! What I'm trying to say is, don't do it if you aren't comfortable with where you are and what you're doing... life can turn into something much different than you want, even with a beautiful child in your arms.
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
by reading your life experience, i get surprised cause whats happened in your life already thought in my mind and it makes me not too ready with pregnancy at now. you are right, hun. a responsibility being mother is bigger than a father. many thing that mother should sacrifice to comfort her child. this also little bit bothering remembering my condition at now. thanks for sharing your experience with me hun
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• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
yes you go, dear. only woman able to do it
@alamode (3071)
• United States
26 Mar 08
Women hold the world together... we have to take care of ourselves and each other!
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I think you should NOT try to get pregnant until you are both completely in agreement and ready for it. Bringing a child into this world because he wants to is not a good thing. This world and marriage/having children is tough enough without everyone being in absolute agreement before the child is conceived.
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
you are right hun. it wont be good if the willing to have child only from one side since both of us would be parents for those child, am i right?
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
27 Mar 08
Exactly. A child needs both parents ready to be parents!
@summta (65)
• China
27 Mar 08
I have experienced the pregnancy accidently without any preparative, butI and my hubby still decided to want this baby.But later,I heard that baby under sufficient preparative is easier cared than under insufficient preparative during mom's pregnancy.My son shows some upset and boring during his first three months,but I don't know whether this symptom was caused by my accident pregnancy until now. I suggest you to have pregnancy under sufficient preparative.After all,we all hope our babies born well and grow well. :)
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
i am sorry to hear whats happened from you, hun. and i really appreciate your sharing in here with me. i wish that your son going better than before and your opinion to get ready and prepare everything for pregnancy is the most important thing to have baby
@summta (65)
• China
28 Mar 08
My baby is going better than before now.Thanks so much. :D
@clrumfelt (5490)
• United States
26 Mar 08
If your failed pregnancy has been within the last year it would be best to wait for a year and give your body a chance to recover from the stress of the loss. You will greatly increase your chances of having a successful pregnancy next time if you can do this. If you can get your husband to talk to your doctor about the timing of your next pregnancy, perhaps he will be more willing to listen.
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
thanks dear, i know that i should have more conversatuon with my husband about this matter cause its not easy to rise child, am i right?
@clrumfelt (5490)
• United States
27 Mar 08
Good luck.
@maddie007 (141)
• United States
27 Mar 08
I'm sorry to hear about that. If you don't feel ready you should tell your husband and just communicate openly about your concerns. As for your other concerns there are work at home jobs that are more readily available than before this will eliminate child care costs, driving, gas, etc and you can also stay home and care for your child. I am currently working from home and have a little one on the way and so far things are good:) The website is http://www.workplacelikehome.com, there is a list of legitimate companies, good luck! Back to the pregnancy situation I think it's best to try to avoid as much stress as possible until you feel completely ready.
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
thank you for your response sweetie. i really appreciate that you give me link to work from home, but my question does it receive international members? as long as i know, many working online its not available for my country, this really makes me sad so that i can't leave my working office at now since i am the person who able to earn more in my house hold, any idea?
@asgtswife04 (2475)
• United States
27 Mar 08
in all honesty after loosing a child, you are supposed to wait one year to give your body time to heal from the first pregnancy. if your not ready you need to tell your husband and tell him that your supposed to wait a year for your body to recover. maybe telling him medically wise will help you in him understanding and not wanting to get pregnant right away. good luck and keep us posted. God bless
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
your response really appreciated by myself. thank you, dear
@chrysz (1602)
• Philippines
26 Mar 08
Your readiness is indeed a big factor when planning to get pregnant. First and foremost, youe health condition should be the one that you must concern yourself with. There are a lot of people out there who keeps on having kids yet they barely afford to feed them or they live from paycheck to paycheck. There is nothing wrong worrying about how you will take are of your child, about his/her education, etc but if you are just to work and save for a child's future who doesn't even exist yet, what would be the essence of your sacrifices? If I were you, its better to have that child yet and then save for his/her future as years pass since s/he would not start schooling at once anyway. YOu would only be spending money for his/milk, nappy, baby sitter if you really need to work, medical checkups and vaccines, clothes, etc... so possibly, you can still save for his/her education and other needs. The joy of having a child is far more important than your worries. Believe me, the very moment you will hold your child, you will tell yourself that here now is the very reason why you would want to continue living and making a living.
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
"The joy of having a child is far more important than your worries. Believe me, the very moment you will hold your child, you will tell yourself that here now is the very reason why you would want to continue living and making a living" its really nice to have this one as my encouragement to get pregancy. do you have any child at now? would ou share your pregnancy experience?
@chrysz (1602)
• Philippines
26 Mar 08
Yup, I have two kids, my eldest is 5 years old and my youngest is only 6 months old. My pregnancy was ok with my first one and I had her when I was only 20. With my second child, it was a difficult one because I had rubella when I was only 2 months along the way. I was scared of rubella since the prevalence rate of having congenital abnormalities is 80 %. I still pursued my pregnancy but had eclampsia while delivering her and she was distressed already inside me so they had to open me up. The doctor said she was so weak when they pulled her out, feces were all over her and she was strangled with her cord but luckily, her lungs was strong enough even if she was only 36 weeks old. After three months, I was diagnosed with postnatal hyperthyroidism which might have caused the eclampsia but I don't mind at all now. My baby is alive and I am still alive and that's more than enough to be thankful for. I still worry about how I would send my eldest to school but as long as I am alive, I will never allow her to suffer from anything. Having a good education is not dependent on the school where you will be sending your kids, it has a lot of factors and the most important is a guiding parents at home who are really concern about them and not on their grades or development compared to the rest of the class but their development as a person.
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
26 Mar 08
Sweetie, it sounds to me that you are the only one showing concern about the future of a child. You also seem to be the only one concerned about your health and well being. What is the rush? It seems fairly obvious that you are under a great deal of stress. Okay, admittedly, worrying about a child attending college before it is even concieved is a bit much. But concerns for how you are going to support a child when you are having difficulty making ends meet for the two of you with both of you working is definately a valid concern. My concern is with your health and that of a prospective child. Sweetie, I have had two tubal pregnancies. I'm fortunate that it didn't kill me. My husband is much more concerned about my well being than he is about having children. It is frightening to know that I could die from risking it again. Your physical health is indeed a priority. Stress is a dangerous thing to play with. I don't understand why he is pushing so hard. You both need to have your priorities in line and determine when and if you are ready to concieve again. Your body, emotions, and the future of a child are at stake. Not just his wants. I am not trying to be harsh. I hope that all goes well when you do get pregnant and that many blessings come your way.
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
in my opinion, he becomes little bit rush in this matter cause of the pressure of his family and relatives (although its not stated clearly), cause in our age, most of them already having one or two children and many times they always asking him when you would get your child? for me, i really don't bother by those question since in my opinion, our house hold life is taken responsibility by both of us not with another people. i try to explain this matter many times to him, sometimes he accepted and sometimes he just be silent to show his disagreement. i really concern about the future of my child. i want to give what i did not have on my childhood in my child future thats why i really considering many things. and many thanks for your couraging hun. i really appreaciate in from depth of my heart
26 Mar 08
Hiya plum hun, sorry to hear about your failed pregnancy before I am very sorry. The short answer is only commit to having a child when you are ready to do so, I commend you for thinking ahead and planning your childs future, at the end of the day you are the one who will be carrying the baby for nine months and it is your body, you need to be ready, emotionally and finacially to support your child and give it the best possible start to life which im sure is what you are aiming for. Sit and talk to your husband and try to explain that you dont feel your currently stable enough finacially and maybe even mentally after the loss of your first pregnancy. I really hope you get the outcome you desire and wish you all the best for the future. Lucy
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
thank you my dear. i really appreciate your concerning. yes, i also think as like you, dear. cause the mentally condition would have effect to the baby if we are not prepare it very well, am i right? surely i would do as like you advise and hopefully that he is quit understand withthis matter
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
thank you my dear. i really appreciate your concerning. yes, i also think as like you, dear. cause the mentally condition would have effect to the baby if we are not prepare it very well, am i right? surely i would do as like you advise and hopefully that he is quit understand with this matter pssst, congratulation, i really admire you in short time, you able to change your rating star from 3 into 8
@jstaubin (423)
• United States
27 Mar 08
You need to be ready. Having a baby is stressful and with your comlications getting pregnant before your ready could hurt both yu and your child. YOu and your husband need to be on the same page before you decide to have children.
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
yes, i know that since i am the person who would carry the baby for the next 9 months, right? and i am sure that he should understand the points that you mentioned in here, sweetie. many thanks for this one
@lolita9 (24)
15 Apr 08
if you feel you aren't ready for another pregnancy wait... you have to carry the baby for nine months and not your husband. If something happens... he might blame you ... so feel free to wait.
• Indonesia
16 Apr 08
yes dear. i also agree with your point of view and it seems my husband more understand at now
@subha12 (18441)
• India
26 Mar 08
I think you are justified. But also i guess you are worrying too much. just take it easy. in some case child comes and then parents try to pick up little . you will soon get a good job.
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
may be you are right if i am worrying to much but i really don't know what i getting worry so much as like that. would you help me to reduce my worrying? and what does "in some case child comes and then parents try to pick up little" mean?
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
27 Mar 08
Since you had a previous miscarriage or were unable to get pregnant it seems there might be a medical condition other than you worrying about taking care of a child. I think that there is something going on here. Your not getting pregnant might be causing the stress, not the stress causing you not to get pregnant and most doctors often say that your worrying is keeping you from getting pregnant so I think you should get an examination to find out if anything is wrong. You should not worry about who will babysit the baby, because with some, if they worried about having a baby they would never have children. As far as the child going to university, if you save a little each month, by the time the child is of University age, he or she will be ready. You may be ready for pregnancy once you quit your job and get a better one, but it depends on whether your body is ready. So find out the facts, and start saving so you will not have to worry about finances when the baby does arrive.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
26 Mar 08
Raising children is a hard, stressful, expensive job even though it is more rewarding than you can ever imagine. However, if you are not 100% ready to have a child DO NOT allow someone to talk you into it and allow them to make that decision for you. If your husband wants a child now and you don't then you will have to talk things out and tell him your concerns and compromise. I think that you should tell him that you want to wait a year and he needs to respect your decisions.
• Indonesia
27 Mar 08
i bet too, sweetie. the future of our child really becomes our responsibility as the parents so as like you said, i also try to prepare everything well firstly before having my pregnancy. many thanks for your response
@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
26 Mar 08
Theres nothing to worry about you have to relax yourself. Coz it affects the baby not only you.. you have to be healthy.. you know from the very start that you know that theres a possibility that you get pregnant
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
many thanks for your response dear
@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
26 Mar 08
If you are not ready, wait. Don't let your husband pressure you to do it before you are ready. It sounds like all those things you are worrying about are valid and that they are stressing you. So getting pregnant now would be difficult. Explain your reasons to your husband and convince him to wait. If you think next year will be better, that's not a long time to ask him to wait.
• Indonesia
26 Mar 08
manythanks for your understanding with my point of view. do you think he would able to accept this matter?
• Nigeria
28 Mar 08
You have to obey your mind and also obey your husband. So both of you need to actually sit down and have a good talk about it. Let your husband know and see your reasons, and try to know and see His own side as well. By that both of you can work it out. Good luck