nursingforsocialjustice

I think that I severely overestimated the amount of free time I would have working full time and raising 2 kids because it has been a long time since my initial posting. I assure you that I still am bursting with blog writing vigor and a new-found passion to use this forum as a means of reflecting on my own nursing practice as well as how I can achieve work-life balance. 
When my older child was 4 months old my husband and I made the decision that I would go back to my full-time nursing line and he would take the remainder of the year off to care for our daughter. At the time we knew that we wanted more than two children and hopefully for them to be close in age. At that time we also knew that my husband wanted a career change, desiring something both more flexible and more helping. When we became pregnant with our son 8 months after having our daughter it was expected but anxiety inducing.

This time around the pressure that I feel to start getting ready to conceive a third child is beginning. I have an almost 26 month old daughter and an almost 9 month old son but I turn 31 this year so science tells me that my fertility is slowly declining thus my husband and I must decide quickly when we want to have our next baby. Also, my body is telling me that, despite loving being pregnant, it is going to get harder the older I get. So what is the right time? At the moment, this seems determined by finances. My husband is currently a full-time student. Hopefully the job climate for registered nurses is good when we graduates in April so that we are once again a two income family. Although we shall see how long that lasts for considering the ticking of this clock will probably increasingly get louder each week. So, let’s see how the next year unfolds.