K.N.
Well congrats. As for yur working though, you'd be surprised, i bet if you sit down and look you can stay home. i do. and lets just say my fiance makes less than 10 an hour. i do work though, i babysit, for 3 kids only 1 is full time it isn't what i was making working but i have 4 kids of my own and it allows us to pay the bills and have a little left over. but start looking at your finances now. you have months to get this sorted out, and there are so many corners you can cut. get WIC, almost anyone qualifies, look into a secondary insurance through the county if you're already insured to cover all the co pays and such. if you qualify for the insurance you can get a discount on your phone bill. you are going to have to stay home for a little bit anyways and with three kids that young you are looking at almost 8 dollars an hour for them to be in daycare. call around though depending on your area that number could be off, figure out what it would cost per hour for all 3 kids to be in daycare and compare that with what you are making. but there are so many things you can do. eliminate the gym membership when it expires, forgo the manicure and the tanning bed, not that you can tan anyways. use tax time to get out of debt, pay off a car, the credit cards something, you should have your return before the babies come. and i could easily keep going, it's possible, it's interesting but possible, and we have two vehicles, not new but the car was when we got it, we have a morgage, my dd is in dance and my ds in cub scouts and my other ds in baseball, the kids want for nothing and my bills are paid every month, and we are not on welfare, we don't get food stamps, we have and there is nothing wrong with that but i know it bugs some ppl to have to do those things. but the point is that it isn't impossible to stay home and yur kids not only get mommy full time but they don't have to miss out on the other fun stuff either, but that's another sonversation there are so amny things out there that are free or very cheap to do as a family. good luck and if yu need anything let me know.