Ready for 2nd baby so soon???

zucchinigirl

I never in a million years would have thought I would be saying this... but DH and I are both ready for another baby.  We don't want to start trying right now because I don't want them this close together in age... but I honestly wouldn't mind if we started trying in the spring.  Am I nuts?  Is anyone else thinking the same thing?

If we happened to get pregnant in say, March... the babies would be almost a year and a half apart.  That's if it happened right away... so most likely they'd be farther apart.  I feel like a crazy person but I enjoyed being pregnant so much and we're so in love with our little girl and it has gone so well... and I do want them close together.  Someone talk some sense into me or at least tell me I'm not alone!

KimW

You're not alone!  It took us over 2 years to get pregnant with Claire and because of that, we're going to start trying earlier rather then later. 

mabst196

I feel the same way, but I am waiting.

zucchinigirl

I think that's what makes me a bit wary... it didn't take long for us to get pregnant with our first - just a few months - so I don't want to start too soon in case it's the same!  However, the "what if it does take a lot longer" worries make me want to start sooner rather than later!

Mrs.Provost

I'm ready NOW for baby #3. DH says no,  but my first two are 2.5 yrs apart and that was a bad age difference I found. Evan at 2.5 is still very needy, the jealousy factor is higher as they get a bit older. My friend (she's on this board too sometimes) has her first two are 11 months apart and she says it's better than 2 yrs.

I told DH that if we're going to go for number three, we're going to do it NOW or we're going to do it in years, when Abby is about 3-4 yrs old. Never again do I want to have a toddler and a newborn. 

MrsRenee

I feel the same way.  I loved being pregnant and I love watching DS grow up and discover everything.  We're going to wait at least a year until we try again, but it's going to be a long year! 

ChadsBride6504

I agree with MrsProvost that a toddler and a newborn is hell. If we were going to have a number 3 I would want to do it way sooner than the spacing of Ava and Colby. Its just too hard to entertain Ava, while I think that two that were much younger may be easier because they just don't know yet. At the same time I think that having one just learning to walk and one that was just born would be pretty hard, but like I said before, much easier to entertain than a toddler!

Mikeysbride2b

Maybe if my 6 week old slept, wasn't constipated, didn't have a stuffy nose and lay awake crying every day and night I would want another soon, but I am so sleep deprived and nervous about him all the time that I cannot imagine adding another baby into the equation until I am good and ready and this one is at least 2 years old.  The exhaustion is just too much for me right now...

Megan Briggs

Hells no!

In all seriousness, we want DD to be toilet trained and out of the stroller before bringing a sibling into the mix.

jamienichole

I would love another baby!  Unfortunately DH and I think we should wait until DS is 1.5-2 years old before we start trying again.

tmrtink

I'm all for it and am hoping to start trying in the Spring too. I definitely want our children to be close in age-I'm one of three, and there is about 15 months between us-i'm 29, brother is 28, and sister is 27-don't know how my mom did it, but we were all super close growing up-always had someone to play with because we were all into the same things at the same ages, and now we are all still so close-it's just so nice. I say go for it!!

goodhartedmommy

My oldest are 11 months apart. We didn't mean for them to be THAT close in age, but we wouldn't change it for anything. It's much easier than my 2 year difference between the second third.

2BWEDN2007

We wanted our kids close together and decided I would go off birth control and we would start trying when DS was 7 months because it took us 7 months trying (and we ended up needing Clomid) to get pregnant with DS.

Fast forward and here I am over 6 weeks pregnant already! No Clomid and no real trying. We were just seeing what happens because I was sure my doctor would make me try on my own before writing my prescription for Clomid again.

Just make sure when you start trying you are definitely ready because it could happen fast! I notice there are many of us with 6-8 month olds that are pregnant again.

caymanbride

You're not alone! I NEVER thought I would be like that, either, but I am! I wish we could try again now, but we were told to wait 1 year from DS's birth. I can't wait!

CanadianGurl

Our DS is 4 months old, and I we would have started trying to have another one right after the 6-week checkup if I didn't have to go back to work at DS's first birthday for a year to get another mat leave. We got pregnant first month trying and DS came almost 2 months early, so we really want to make sure I get that full year of work in.

 I completely agree though, they are so sweet, and you feel this incredible rush of emotions when they're here, even through the exhaustion, it's pretty hard to resist the temptation for more.

jillybean222

18 months is a good distance apart but it is really hard right now.  i am struggling to maike sure they both get equal attention even though my newborn is so much more time consuming than my toddler. in a few months, things will be much better. 

longhorn14

me too! i can't wait to be pregnant again, but we are waiting until our poopsie is a year so maybe trying again in august. but earlier in the year wouldnt be bad either-- i just dont want their birthdays to be too close together.