Today’s timeless question: What point in your career IS the best time to have a baby? If you’re in law school, should you have a baby during law school?
What are you all using for birth control these days? We thought that a good companion to our discussion earlier this year about how to decide if you want kids would be a roundup of the best birth control options in 2018, so that’s our topic for today. (We’ve also talked about planning your career for babies and shared … Read More about The Best Birth Control Options in 2018
2019 Update: We still stand by this advice on how to decide if you want kids (don’t miss the comments!) but you may also want to check out our more recent discussion of whether you feel like you need to sacrifice kids for career. Reader S wonders: how to decide if you want kids? She’s … Read More about How to Decide If You Want Kids
2019 Update: This article was originally published on Nov. 25, 2013. If you originally commented, please copy your original comment and paste it and an update on our new post pondering five-year career goals and generally updating this older post. Where do you think you’ll be in five years? TEN years? How do you think … Read More about Scroll Forward In Your Palm Pilots…
Readers, what are your best tips on how to negotiate future maternity leave benefits, such as before you get pregnant or even in the job interview? SHOULD you? I’ve gotten a number of questions about this recently, and I thought it might be an interesting topic. We’ve talked about how to announce your pregnancy at … Read More about How to Negotiate Future Maternity Leave Before You’re Even Pregnant
Pregnancy worries can run the gamut from childbirth to health issues to being able to conceive in the first place. Add in concerns about how your job will be affected by your pregnancy (to say nothing of parenthood), and you’re dealing with a TON of worry. But is it as bad as future moms might think … Read More about Pregnancy Worries and Your Job
Update: We still stand by this discussion on planning your career for babies — but you may also want to check out some of our more recent discussions on family planning and pregnancy, including how to decide if you want kids, and our top tips on preparing for pregnancy (if the answer is yes). Over at … Read More about Planning Your Career for Babies
These are some of our best tips on financially preparing for baby — both before and after you conceive!
How can you be supportive of a stay-at-home dad or mom? We’ve talked about how to prepare to be a SAHM, but not about how to support your stay at home spouse, so let’s discuss. Here’s Reader L’s question: I want to find ways to encourage and be supportive of my husband, who is a … Read More about How to Be Supportive To a Stay-At-Home Spouse
How do you deal with a miscarriage at work? Should you tell coworkers about your miscarriage, or your boss? Reader K wonders… I don’t think you have done a post on having fertility issues while working (please point me in the right direction if I am wrong!). I am an associate attorney and have been … Read More about Should You Tell Your Coworkers About Your Miscarriage?
2018 Update: We still think this is a great discussion to check out if you’re pondering if an IUD is right for you — but you may also want to check out our roundup of all the best birth control options in 2018. Are IUDs the right birth control method for busy women? I don’t … Read More about Guestpost: Reader B’s Experiences with an IUD
How (and when) do you tell your boss you’re pregnant? What should you factor into consideration? I’ve had three different readers write to me with a question along these lines, so now seems like a great time to discuss how to announce your pregnancy at work. Reader K is one of those readers: Wondering what … Read More about How to Announce Your Pregnancy At Work
