As I sit here sipping my delicious candy cane hot chocolate I can't help but think about baby number two... And if there is a "right" time to once again embark on the nine month journey to mother hood for a second time. The whole time I was pregnant I always said that I wanted to wait until Tomasso was a year old to even start trying to get pregnant. However now that he is approaching toddler age I feel as though I am ready right now to give er another go.
Realistically speaking, now isn't the time. Mostly financially. I work Monday to Friday, however server hours are not as lucrative as people on the outside may think. I am lucky to get in 35 hours a week right now even though I picked up two kitchen shifts, and I believe you need 600 hours of insurable earnings from the year before your last day... I just found that number through google, however I had previously thought that it was 950 hours before your last day. If it is the 950hrs than I have a long way to go to successfully accumulate the hours before I even attempt to once again get pregnant. HOWEVER if it is only 600 than I can have those in as little as 20 weeks... Which would mean that I could once again attempt to get pregnant in April, which is kind of sounding like a good month.
The more I think about it, the more I am coming to the conclusion that there is no "right" time to get pregnant. Whether it is your first, second, or 10th... Having a baby is a miracle, but timing it doesn't always make it easier. I am not too sure that people are ever really ready for a baby, but that the sheer joy of finding out you're pregnant is what truly makes you ready?! Thoughts?!
It's 600 hours, i was speaking with EI the other day about my mat leave and asked what would happen if i became pregnant again while still on leave. The lady told me i would have to find a job and work the 600 hours to be eligible for leave again.
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