I need help and not sure how to go about it...

I know what I want the accomplished end goals to be, but not sure how to get there and need help.

I am the breadwinner in the family $2500+ monthly take home. Husband makes about $1400-1600/month take home. It’s always been easier for me to find/keep a job than him.

I work in the medical field full time days M-F in office on the clinical side. Have great benefits. Husband works evenings as a cook in a restaurant.

I want to transition to home full time once it’s time to give birth (however currently TTC).

I was thinking to get back into medical billing/coding. (I’ve done it at home for 5 years previously when my 2nd was born til 5 yo. But that was a little over 5 years ago and things have changed, ICD10, etc)

I’m thinking about it now because obviously it will take time to get certified with a CPC, CCS, RHIT, etc (although I’m focusing on the CPC). These seem to be the most popular required certs listed on many job boards for remote positions.

Med billing/coding seems to be the fastest way for someone with my experience to go remote and get a position where I can still have decent benefits. (Ideally I always thought I’d get into nursing but we’re here now).

Right now in my head it’s laid out as:

-Keep current full time office job.

-Apply for CPC courses and complete in hopefully 6 mos - a year. (Granted I can afford)

-Become nationally certified within a year.

*(Hopefully gotten pregnant somewhere in there)*

-Apply with a company where I can work med bill/coding from home.

-Transition to home (and hopefully just had or will be having baby)

-Husband tries to go for apprenticeship in a trade (i.e. electrician, plumber, HVAC, culinary, etc.) because I feel at 39, with no college degree, you need to pick up a trade to have a long term career that can be worth some decent pay.

I feel like we need to switch our amounts we’re making so basically he’s the breadwinner and I’m the supplement. It was so hard being a new mom with my 1st and being the breadwinner...so many things to juggle, pissing off my job, etc. I would like to try and avoid that this time. If I could be as lucky as I was with my 2nd, great! But I don’t even know how to get back into something like that. Also, I would need for husband to get better situated in the job/career dept.

I guess my main 2 things I’m trying to find out is:

1. Have any of you been in a similar situation, looking at the same end goals, and made it happen? If yes, how?

2. How did you make it work if you were able to transition to home and husband isn’t necessarily in the best position to be the breadwinner/main provider?

Sorry this is so long, but it’s been on my mind a while, like months!! Any and all *CONSTRUCTIVE* advice/feedback is much appreciated!! TIA