Take the financial stress out of any new baby news
Data released by the ESRI, at the end of last year, showed that in 2011 we had the highest birth rate of any of the 27 EU countries — 16.2 per 1,000 population.
But for many expectant parents, wrestling with money woes, their joy about the arrival of a precious new life is likely to be muted. A recent survey by British comparison website, MoneySupermarket.com, found more than one in three expectant parents worried about how they’d afford the cost of a new baby — and the stress caused almost half of them to row with their partner.
