"I've always been very careful about when I would feel comfortable bringing a child into this world,"
"Could we go through IVF? Sure, but then we wouldn't be able to afford actually having a child,"
"It just felt like there's too much hanging over our heads."
Eryn Bostwick, 37, accumulated just over $55,000 in student-loan debt while earning a bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. from public universities aiming to become a college professor. As a first-generation college student, her family expected a degree to provide financial stability. The debt, combined with low income after leaving a full-time job and moving to Ohio, left her working part-time teaching at two colleges with a low five-figure income. Medical conditions require IVF for her to have a child, but IVF costs plus loan payments and living expenses make having a child unaffordable. She delayed expanding her family because of these financial constraints.
Read at Business Insider
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