I just found out that I’ve secured a training contract with a well-known City firm, starting in 2010. As I have just over a year till I start the LPC in September 2009, I’m wondering if having a child between now and then would be a smart or dumb move.
I’m married and, at the moment, in a job that pays well for a recent graduate. On one hand, I think that having a child now means that I can get it out of the way and fully focus on my career afterwards; on the other hand, I dread having to deal with “infant” issues in my early years at the firm coupled with being made to feel like a terrible mother with the number of hours I’ll be working.
