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[quote=Anonymous]We have been married for less than a year. Prior to marriage we had agreed to wait at least 1 year before beginning to try and conceive. I'm in the middle of an examination/evaluation period with my job to obtain licensure and I wanted to be finished with that before children. I'll finish that up (assuming I pass) right around the 1 year mark. We also agreed to square away a few things with the house and finances. That means our plan was to start TTC by fall/winter 2018. She is 26 so she has plenty of time before any age related worries.

The problem: She never told her mother our schedule. Apparently her mother has been periodically grilling her about why hasn't she gotten pregnant yet as a normal course of business. Starting last week; however, her mom really started putting the pressure on. Then on the weekend it comes out that her mother who had been in remission from cancer after completing chemo therapy 5 years ago was told last week that the cancer has come back. So she has upped the pressure because she wants a grandchild before she dies.

How would you handle this?

My initial thought is that making a baby in order to meet her mothers timeline might not be a good idea because the baby will still here after her mother dies so we better be really sure we are ready to have a baby.[/quote]

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