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But the bio logical clock sta rts and srop at one chi.Id, or look at ticking. While a logical next step in extending the family unit from two the couple's life, the decis ion t o stare a ro three or four While t bis is a very family is approached with a fair degree personal issue and shoul d be respected of trepidation as there is limited, if with personal health a s another any, famil y support avai lable. Whereas the earlier freedom from family responsibili.ty was a positive in their minds, now the very lack of it weighs heav il)' on the youn g couple. While tl1e pregnancy is pbnned and commenced, parents are imported from India to ass ist Most international parents willingly arrive a few weeks befor e the birtl1 ro help with the nursing of thei r international grandchild. I t is a trying, yet happ y time as the yo ung couple n ow become a fami ly and settle inro the ir new routine.

After a while, the parents reuirn to India and the husband remrns tO work. The pressure on che family budget i ncreases as a doubl e income becomes a single. As the pressure on the fan1ily unit becomes apparent, so d oes the chaJlenge o f ha,, ing tl1e second child.

India averages about 2.6 children per family. In Australia on the other hand, families witl1out children are projected as the fastest growing family type. _Mjgrant families, while believing in strong family consideration , often the chal.lenges of bringing up a large family do get managed with time.Just as new experiences of the migrant are perce ived as road bumps o n the journey, so are the cbaJlenges faced in the earlier years of bring in g up a young family. There are won d erful options available such as childcare, mothers groups, nexible maternity arrangements through work, where some of these chal.lenges can be resol ved.

Over a longer term, the children will have each o ther co grow up with and as the parents ge t olde r in tl1eir new home, the siblings will have each ocher as family and of course, in due course as extended family. We Indian Australians are very family oriented and often draw our screngtl1s from our family nnics.

Of course for the reaJly brave, one can fo Li ow tl1e advi ce of the former Australian creasnrer Peter Costello and have three children - one for tl1e mother, one for the father and one for tl1e country! The choi ce is rocaJly yo urs.

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