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May 2015 Moms
dezzlynn
member
Need feedback on 2yr vs 3yr age gaps
dezzlynn
member
Looking for some feedback from some mamas that have kids with two and three year age gaps in between..
It's going to be a long one, I'm sorry, bare with me.
My husband and I planned to have our second child as close to 2 years apart from our first since befor the first one even came .
My brother and I are only 16months apart and I really enjoyed the age gap we had but in order to get mat leave support for the second child, we have to wait at least untill I can work one year again - I go back in April . so we can get pregnant between April2016-April 2017 in order to apply for ei after that. My other factors now are we have 3 very close family members/ friends all getting married between June 2016-may2017 . The one in feb 2017 is in Hawaii and the one in May 2017 is in Vegas so we will have to fly to those . We originally planned to try to conceive around October so that we would be passed the 3 month point by the first destination wedding and under 8months for the second destination wedding . I have had one bad experience in a flight where I fainted and had a very mild seizure and am slightly worried about it happening again. Doctors said that it would probably not pose risk to the baby if it happened but of course the only way to avoid it 100% is to not fly at all. Which we cannot do .... So all of that being said, we are in the position of considering having to wait untill may2017 to try and conceive which means we would have closer to a three year gap instead of the two year gap we had hoped for. So I was wondering if any moms could let me know their experience or preferences in those two time gaps, maybe some pros and cons or if they wish they had had their second sooner or later than they had and why? I would really appreciate the input to help us decide what we need to do .
It's going to be a long one, I'm sorry, bare with me.
My husband and I planned to have our second child as close to 2 years apart from our first since befor the first one even came .
My brother and I are only 16months apart and I really enjoyed the age gap we had but in order to get mat leave support for the second child, we have to wait at least untill I can work one year again - I go back in April . so we can get pregnant between April2016-April 2017 in order to apply for ei after that. My other factors now are we have 3 very close family members/ friends all getting married between June 2016-may2017 . The one in feb 2017 is in Hawaii and the one in May 2017 is in Vegas so we will have to fly to those . We originally planned to try to conceive around October so that we would be passed the 3 month point by the first destination wedding and under 8months for the second destination wedding . I have had one bad experience in a flight where I fainted and had a very mild seizure and am slightly worried about it happening again. Doctors said that it would probably not pose risk to the baby if it happened but of course the only way to avoid it 100% is to not fly at all. Which we cannot do .... So all of that being said, we are in the position of considering having to wait untill may2017 to try and conceive which means we would have closer to a three year gap instead of the two year gap we had hoped for. So I was wondering if any moms could let me know their experience or preferences in those two time gaps, maybe some pros and cons or if they wish they had had their second sooner or later than they had and why? I would really appreciate the input to help us decide what we need to do .