So FTMs, as you near your due date with your first... What are you thoughts on having more?
I used to scoff at the women who would say "I'll miss feeling these kicks for the last time!" as they lamented the fact that they were experiencing their last pregnancy. But now, not knowing how this L&D will go, I'm starting to feel the same way! How ironic is that?
If I end up having a really terrible experience and am unable to justify going through it all again, this could be the last time that I get to experience these sorts of kicks and movements! Not sure how I feel about it all (since feeling her move around in there for the first little while took some getting used to!), just a realization that I came to this week.
Has anyone else had the same thought?
Re: FTMs, is this the end or just the beginning?
Not a FTM, but I was pretty scarred by DD's early entrance for awhile. I also have friends who had horrific birth stories, yet wound up having more kids. It's amazing what time (and hormones) can do!
And as someone who was cheated out of the last 6 weeks of her last pregnancy, I really love every kick.
BFP(4) DD2 born 2.14.13 @ 35w5d due to pPROM
I absolutely lved my pregnancy with DS#1. I had a smooth pregnancy, labor and delivery went pretty smooth. I knew the moment they handed him to me that I wanted to do it all over again. And here we are!
This pregnancy has been really tough. Having a 2yo and being pregnant is tough. Add on GD, taking insulin, and anxiously awaiting a consult with perinatalogy next week regarding some markers on our last sono. I hate this pregnancy! I can't wait until this little guy is out. I worry so much everyday about him. I just want to hold him and know he is ok! We wanted 3 children, but I really don't think I can emotionally and physically handle another pregnancy!
Pretty much this! Smooth pregnancy and delivery with DD#1 (minus the fact she was all of the sudden 5 weeks early b/c my water broke)
This pregnancy is horrible! I get P17 shots each week, cervical length measuring low since 26 weeks, on strict bed rest for going into PTL at 27 weeks along with short cervix, GD but my belly is measuring small, I just can't stop worrying....wishing I could fast forward to March.
This, sorta. DS1 was a high risk pregnancy, but actually pretty easy. He was very low so my only compliant was having to go to the bathroom all the time. I never really had any other side effects of being pregnant and I missed it right away.
This time, I have a 15 month old I'm literally chasing all day long plus another high risk pregnancy. It's been so much harder on my body and I guess it's because I just never rest. Plus, this baby is positioned in a way I can't ever breathe!
We want a large family, about 5 or 6 kids so I know I will be pregnant again. I just plan on waiting a long time [3 or 4 years] so I can have time to enjoy my two boys and give myself a break and time to forget being pregnant.
My husband says the same thing to me whenever I seem uncomfortable, but I honestly can't answer that question yet. This one isn't even here yet. My pregnancy hasn't been horrible but I certainly am not one of those women that loves it. Will I be in a rush to get pregnant again once this one is born? Absolutely not. I want some time to get back to my old self and enjoy this child before discussing the next one.
It really is amazing how you can "forget" all of the aches and pains that came with the pregnancy and with the labor. I always scoffed at the moms who said they forgot what the pain even felt like. I thought it was silly and how could you forget? But, it really is true. In time you do forget. You remember the bigger details, like the amount of time you were in labor, etc... but truly do forget about the other details of it.
That being said, we have talked more than once in this house about this probably being our last because this was such a difficult pregnancy and it was really hard to chase a toddler at the same time! (Part of me thinks, though, that a pregnancy is only 9 months of a wonderful world of joys that you get from it - so there just might be a third.)
We always planned to be one and done - and that is still the plan. I am told I make a cute pregnant person - but I am not a fan of all it comes with. I miss sushi, I miss sleeping without navigating a bowling ball, I miss coffee, I miss space mountain.
I am a cute non-pregnant person, too
Adam & Shoshie 10-21-07: "My family is big and loud and everybody's in each other's lives and business. ... but wherever I go, they will always be there." * My Blog: Tales of a Hopeful Jewish Mom to Be *
This. I will be 42 in April and we are "one and done." I have had a smooth pregnancy. But, I look at what it took to get here and it was anything but easy! We tried for three years to get pregnant and then lost our first one at 8 weeks. I got pregnant 3 months later and spent the first several weeks terrified of another loss. Perhaps that has made me enjoy this pregnancy more because I know how hard it was to get this LO. I will absolutely miss her kicks and pokes!
BFP #2 - 7/1/12 - Met my lucky charm Alexandra on 3-16-13!!!
Same here, I just turned 36 last month. So, I'm hoping to start trying for another one after this baby turns one. May begin a little sooner, at 9 months, depending on the length it would take to conceive considering i would be older. I would prefer to be done having babies before I hit 40. However, if I do have a third child, it would be most likely at 40 or older. I can't imagine cramming 3 babies within 4 years, that would be way too much. We'll just have to see.
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