Don't wake up a pregnant woman at 7 am and tell her...

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...that she has to give one of her cats away. She will cry and cry and throw up, and then cry and throw up and then cry some more.

One of my cats has a chronic health problem that costs us about $120 a month. We've recently had a lot of car problems that have pretty much drained our savings. I was very sick and couldn't work for 2 weeks and I have no sick pay left because of the car accident in July. So money is very tight.

Kitty has to go to the vet again. My hubby was up early this morning worrying about money. He decided that we should ask our vet if she could help us place our kitty with someone more prepared to manage his ongoing needs. He woke me up at 7 am to tell me that. It did not go well.

Later he agreed that he doesn't want to give the cat away, he's just stressed out. I think he's really worried about having enough money to take care of our baby, due in September. Really, I think this morning was way more about the baby than about the cat.

I know I am getting a raise in July. Also, I have a good shot at a GREAT promotion next year, and we WILL get money from the insurance companies for pain and suffering from the accident, but we don't know how much or when.

Money is tight right now, and it IS scary. I mean, we're bringing a kid into this world, and if more than one thing goes wrong in a month, we have trouble taking care of the cat.

But we DO take care of the cat. My husband is at the vet with him right now, and I have the money to cover it. It just makes things even more tight, but we always seem to have what we need. Maybe I'm just an insane optimist, but I'm really sure we'll be okay.

Money sucks, but I sure wish I had more of it. I wish we'd get our settlement already.

DU fathers: How much did you freak out before the birth of your first child? How were your finances?

DU moms: How much did your partners freak out while you were pregnant with your first child?

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