tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935309642149535109.post5656699311692661728..comments2023-11-26T04:00:26.776-08:00Comments on From Here to Fertility. . .: Who Will Look After My Baby?Springrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05610193065562404141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935309642149535109.post-8353968622359067732011-01-07T12:17:50.866-08:002011-01-07T12:17:50.866-08:00SR, I seriously believe that pregnancy rewires our...SR, I seriously believe that pregnancy rewires our brains to change our priorities in life. I was full on devoted to the PhD and getting a proper tenure-track job, and if we'd never got pregnant, that would have stayed my focus.<br /><br />Now? I seriously think I will be lucky to get the PhD done. All I want to do, when I think about the next few years, is spend it with this much-wanted baby. A friend of mine (who is also a PhD student) feels exactly the same way.<br /><br />You're in education, if I remember correctly. Does it not seem weird to care for other people's children while someone else cares for yours? That's the big sticking point for me. I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.<br /><br />Lots of luck. I hope you can find someone with whom you and DH can feel comfortable, even if s/he's not you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935309642149535109.post-16719421893988018112011-01-06T20:39:07.022-08:002011-01-06T20:39:07.022-08:00Oh no, I hope you can find a solution that you can...Oh no, I hope you can find a solution that you can be satisfied with. I'm hoping that my sahm-sil will be willing to take in my little one when the time comes (I'd pay her of course). No other option seems good enough, and I don't even have a little one yet! You still have some time though, I hope you find someone wonderful, even if she/he isn't as wonderful as you.<br />zabeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com