My boyfriend i want to have a baby, but our problem is that we are not financially stable. what is your advice?

Be responsible and wait until you are financially stable. Seems obvious enough. Put the needs of your family-to-be above your own selfish desires, it will be good practice for parenting.My boyfriend i want to have a baby, but our problem is that we are not financially stable. what is your advice?
Well I would say if your 25-35 then that would be an appropriate age range to have a child, statistics show that if your 25 and over you'll be more financially secure.


Ask yourself these questions first and if you say ';No'; to any than you probably want to do a little more thinking:


Did you go to college? Do you have a degree? Do you have a career? Do you own your own home? Do you own your own car? Are you and your boyfriend planning on getting married? Have you made a budget plan? Have you figured everything into your budget with all the necessities and wants for your child? Does your boyfriend make enough to support three people on his own? Is your boyfriend making 50,000 plus dollars a year? Do you have family support? Does your family and his family support you and your boyfriends decisions? Are you willing to lose your social life? Are you willing to put somebody else first? Have you saved up $9,000-$11,000 (for diapers, formula, baby furniture, clothing, baby gear, etc.) That's how much you'll be spending in the first year of your baby.


Good luck I hope you thought this through.My boyfriend i want to have a baby, but our problem is that we are not financially stable. what is your advice?
You will never be financially stable ! I waited to be financially stable at 38 and now 7 months pregnant. I was made redundant 3 weeks after conceiving and my partner has since been made redundant. We really can't afford to have this child now as all our savings have gone on living expenses.


Just goes to show that anything can happen in life, do it while you can. I wish I had done it years ago ................


I have since secured a few months work, long hours and although away from home I am willing to do it for my child, will be finishing 2 weeks before the due date to ensure she has the best start I can give from a financial point of view - I can do nothing more.


Good luck !
In all honestly I am 36 weeks pregnant and i would not consider myself finacially stable. Then again who is really? most people i know can just pay the bills without having extra money to buy whatever the heck they want, and they all manage to support there families just fine. When it comes to children, you somehow manage and find a way. I didn't have much of a choice. Just as i was getting my life back together i found out i was pregnant and a baby was thrown into the mix. My suggestion is don't go getting pregnant if your not sure that you can manage. Your best choice is to make sure that you and your bf have a jobs, start saving up any tiny bit you can and take it from there. You have the chance to get your life together first so take advantage of it.
You don't have to have a lot of extra money to take care of a child. As long as you can pay your bills and have money to buy diapers and things that the baby will need, go for it. Now if you are really struggling right now without a baby, I would wait. If we all waited until we were financially stable, a lot of us would still be waiting lol.
If you have to ask a serious life changing question like that on yahoo answers and depend on others to make that choice for you, then i think u know the answer.


dont do it, your obviously not ready. Having a baby is a live altering, permanent change. wait till your ready and absolutely sure :)
WAIT!!! If you're struggling now to support yourselves it wouldn't be a good idea at all to have a baby right now. Babies are very expensive!!! Just wait a bit until you both are able to support a baby without government help. Good luck!
Don't have a baby unless you can financially take care of it. That is a no-brainer question. Why would you even consider bringing a child into the world that you can't take care of??????????????
Wait. It what would be best. You want to e financially stable and ready for them. :) Mine isn't here and he isn't cheap already! Good luck.
Your asking people who know f all about you clearly your not mature enough to have children
I would wait a little longer until you both have jobs and can support your baby. After all you will want your little one to have the best start in life.
Wait. Its extremely stressful to have a baby to care for and not being finacially stable.
Then why would you want a baby you cannot take care of, simple answer wait until you are ready
Don't have a baby yet.
honestly I hate to say it, but will any of us every be financially stable? I say go for it! it seems like we always find a way to make up for the extra costs! good luck