I am 7 months pregnant and just feel like my world is ending. As excited as I am this was a surprise to me and my husband seems like he is 100 percent ready for this. I thought I was ready for this until it actually happened to me. I am panicking about what I am going to do after maternity leave. We both have good jobs with good benefits and he makes around 70k I make around 53k which isn’t much. I always worry about money and panic. He is much more calm about things and rational.

Once maternity leave is over we cannot afford daycare. Luckily we both work from home, but with the type of job I have I just feel like life got 10 times harder for me. It used to be just us, no worries in the world, we would just go on dates and not even have to think about a baby coming. We are both so excited but I’m freaking out. Mostly about how we are going to handle this after maternity leave is over.

I constantly have to pull reports for work where I need to focus, sometimes sit in a que to take calls and of course attend meetings. My husband says he’s not worried at all. My mom says I’ll be fine but I am terrified I could lose my job for having the baby at home.

We cannot do child care because I have bills. I have a student loan payment I am trying to pay off in 5 years, a car payment, car insurance and savings that I contribute. I really cannot afford to quit so that isn’t an option. I am just so terrified