Birth of a child - it is a crisis for couples. Its statutes and way of life are turned upside down. According to statistics, about 15% of marriages end in divorce after the birth, because the couple is not ready for change.
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Finance
Childbirth - expensive. Now the finance will have to allocate for three. What if the mother is on maternity leave and will not be able to work from home? Then the family will have to live on one salary in the literal sense. Before the birth of the child need to calculate the approximate expenditure, the ability to accumulate funds or additional income.life issues
If a woman goes on maternity leave, many men find that it does not do anything and does not need help around the house. On the contrary, it must submit to her husband a hot dinner, this is it works and the wife stays at home. Questions of life and help around the house is better to discuss in advance, different views can lead to conflict and separation.
Discipline
Mom and dad may have different views on education and discipline simply because they were brought up in different families. This question is best discussed in advance so that you do not collide. If mom is constantly rip the belt from the hands of the pope, and the pope to insist that the mother brings "mama's boy", such an alliance would not last long.
career plans
Another stumbling block could be career plans women. She wants to go to work as soon as possible, and my husband said that gave birth to - stay home. Or, conversely, the wife sees herself in the decree for three years, and partner "throws" it to work the child was barely three months. Discuss in advance how you can access this point in your life together.
Your relationship
When a child is born a couple of all attention to your child, forgetting that they were - lovers. Gradually, feelings grow cold, and they come to the divorce. "You time" that it did not stand out better when you stay together.
Of course, all your plans can change with the birth of the child. But at least you will always know that no offense can discuss them with the other half.
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