If you haven't heard, having children is expensive. As well as the eye-watering price of equipment for your new bundle of joy (strollers alone can cost around $1,000), you have to factor in the time off work to have the baby—and then, women also need to consider the $17,000 they will miss out on annually after becoming a mother.
That’s at least according to a new Bankrate analysis of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS).
