Having another one...

Jendy59

Is anyone planning to try for another one this year? We had the talk about it last night and we want to start trying this summer. After a lot of thought decided we would like to have our kids close in age.

Anyone else with me?

MrsCaddyshack

We're waiting for LO to turn 18 months and them will start trying. We want them to be spaced out in age so we rent paying for two to go to college at the same time! Not a very romantic/sentimental reason, but that's the plan!

lkm2006

We plan to start trying either September or October. LO will be one in October but we are really wanting one around next July so we will probably be trying right before he is one. Exciting and scary to think about at the same time!

Sporkmoostipe

We're going to start actively trying once the summer is over. It took us a while to get pregnant. So, we're kind of figuring it's going to be similar to that. 

tailanis

We are starting this summer too... We want to go ahead and have them close since I am so close to turning 40. uff! Just a couple more years to go.

bmcapra

We talked about trying in December of 2012. But I guess we will just have to wait and see how things are going then.

Jenny952

I think we'll probably start trying for #2 towards the end of the year.  I'll stop taking my BC when the prescription runs out and we'll see what happens.  We had a hard time getting pg with DD and had to go through fertility treatments, so I don't want to wait several years between babies.  I'd like to try on our own for a few months and then start fertility again if we have to.  If we have another girl, I think DH will be ready to stop (he's terrified of having 3 girls... lol!).  If baby #2 is a boy, I might be able to convince him to go for 3, and I don't want to have my last baby at 40. 

kristina104

We'll probably start trying when DS is between 18 months - 2 years old.  By then DH should be done with his degree and hopefully have a better/higher paying job which would make things more comfortable.

ejgballerina

I am charting for BC right now but I am EBF and with DS #1, I didn't get AF until I weaned him at 13 months and didn't ovulate the first time until two months after I weaned.  So we'll be officially TTC sometime around DS's first birthday.

turtlewifey

Abosultely not.  There will be no trying for #2 for a couple of years.

*Runs out of post scared*

sap05e

Not trying anytime soon. I love my LO and wouldn't mind having another one (or several) but I don't even have enough time to pay attention to my cat at the moment... sooo I'm not sure how I could handle two little ones.

dpeugh85

I'm with Turtlewifey.

ArcadianDreams

turtlewifey:

Abosultely not.  There will be no trying for #2 for a couple of years.

*Runs out of post scared*

Haha this. We will probably wait until DS is 3ish to start trying.

skipperkelly

Yikes! I can't even fathom trying for another one just yet. I love my little man, but we got PG on the first try and there's no way we could afford day care for 2. Right now we're all about enjoying this one.

rockonbeurself

turtlewifey:

Abosultely not.  There will be no trying for #2 for a couple of years.

*Runs out of post scared*

 

Hilarious. 

 

My husband and I have different times when we would like to try. I'm thinking around August, and he's thinking next Valentines day. I'd like to avoid being pregnant during the summer if I can.

kajordan09

Depends on the kind of day I'm having! One the good days when DS is being so well behaved and cooperative, I think "I can handle another one soon!". However, on days when DS is crabby and won't go down for a nap I think "oh dear, not for at least 5 years!!". In all honesty, my DH and I agreed to revisit the issue when DS In 8 or 9 months-so towards the end of summer. We both have siblings close in age to us and we really appreciated having that, but we also don't want to be overwhelmed. We'll see what happens and see how this year goes!

pghjen

We would like to have a 2nd baby...but we have some things to think about.  A 2nd pregnancy will be super high risk because I had a placental abruption.  We were told to consult with the high risk perinatologist that delivered DS before trying to get pregnant.  I was also told to wait a year before trying to get pregnant to give my body a chance to heal 100% from the c-section.

Either way, it's something that we'll need to think about sooner rather than later.  We did fertility treatments to get pregnant with DS and I turn 36 in April...so if we are going to have Baby #2, I want to do it  in the next year or two.  If the perinatologist has too many concerns, we may adopt baby #2. 

Strider003

DH and I are thinking we'll wait until DS is 2 or 3.  We had only been married a few months when we found out we were pg-he was a surprise!   Because of that I don't feel like we got all that much time alone (although we had 4 years of dating) so I want to take the time to enjoy just being a family of three before we start to add more

That being said, if it happens before then, that's okay too! 

baby3ob

Bah ha ha! Dana, i love that video.

I'm with them. We're going to probably try summer of 2012, after our summer trip to Hawaii this year and Italy in 2013 (I already have 2 weddings in Italy lined up that summer and I'm ENJOYING wine!!!)

dukestar5

We'll probably start trying after LO turns one. I'd like to enjoy my time with LO and get in some traveling too before we have another. At the same time, it would be nice for them to be about two years apart...so maybe in December 2012 we'll start trying.

Rosebud2587

DH and I keep going back and forth between 12 and 18 months to start trying for #2, although if DH had his way we'd probably already be trying for #2.

epopp85

We are done, but I just wanted to say that I love having mine so close together.  It's trying sometimes when they are both screaming, but I think it will be more than worth it in the long run.  DS loves DD very much and asks about her constantly.  And DD loves to watch him run around and often isn't happy unless she's on the floor with him.  I think it's a wonderful age difference.

lcourter24

turtlewifey:

Abosultely not.  There will be no trying for #2 for a couple of years.

*Runs out of post scared*

LOL!!!  I'll second that except we might not even try in a couple years.  He might end up an only child.

Lara0802

If it were up to my husband I'd already be pregnant again. He has been asking to have another one right away. I personally want us to wait - and ultimately, we will, since it's my body!

Ideally, we'll get pregnant again when LO is 18 months or so. I'd like to get one at least close to out of diapers before we have another.

kavc016

I'm so ready to have another one. But I don't want to be pregnant in the summer again, so maybe we will try starting end of july or august. But dh thinks we should wait till ds is 1 year old.

CrimsonStar

We've talked about it some and we'd like to have a second close in age. I also mentioned to DH that if we want to do that, we'd have to start trying in probably Oct. It's so close! We will have at least one more child for sure.

We'll see, it needs more discussion, especially since we're seriously considering moving w/in the next 2 yrs as well.

TimeRacer

We've decided that we're not going to revisit the baby talk until Addy is right around 2 years old. If we decide then that we want one, then the BC will be stopped. I got pregnant while on the pill, so we're hoping it won't be too difficult to get pregnant again then. Our goal is to be done with pregnancies by the time I'm 30. Since I'll be 26 this year, I think it's a reasonable goal :-D

AllieCat16

I am hoping I can EBF DS for a full year, then I would like to have my body back to myself for at least one year before we start trying to have another. Although we are not using protection and if it happens it happens. 

brianandkelsey

ArcadianDreams:

turtlewifey:

Abosultely not.  There will be no trying for #2 for a couple of years.

*Runs out of post scared*

Haha this. We will probably wait until DS is 3ish to start trying.

This too! I don't want to pay for two in daycare! My sister and I are 3 years apart and it is great so we will wait until DS is 2-3 to start trying. I am still enjoying him and finally getting my body back in shape. I want to be in better shape before I have another one too so that gives me some time.

WARM SUMMERS

This thought scares me. DH and I don't plan to start trying until LO is out of diapers.

I recently spotted EWCM for the first time since giving birth. I'm on the Nuvaring and made DH wear a condom on top of that so we're EXTRA protected. Once is plenty for us right now.

Nwlywed07

My DH doesn't really have to much of an opinion. He has kinda left it up to me. As long as I recognize that he only wants 2 kids, he could care less about when I have the next one. I bounce back and forth between trying sooner rather than later (like the next few months) or waiting until his first birthday. Like a PP said, it depends on the day we are having. But definitely around his first birthday we will have started trying. It also took us two years to get pregnant the first time so who knows how long this one will take. 

Jing22

We plan to wait until summer 2013 to try again. I don't want 2 in diapers.

gina2433

I want another one soon. I'm 34 and don't want to be any older when I have my second one. Plus I want LO to be close to brother or sister. It took us a while to get PG. maybe this summer

Magriet

We'll start trying around his first birthday since I take a year's mat leave each time and it impacts my career, so the sooner we get the two kids we want the better.  The reason I'm waiting until he is one is so that I can qualify for mat leave here in Canada again.

alach

I'll be waiting until Charlie is about 3 or 4 until I have my next baby.  I just turned 25 so I'm still young and have plenty of time to have more babes!

ellehinck

We'll try again around DS's first birthday.  Took us a while to get pregnant w/ him (we had two miscarriages) so if things take a long time again, we don't want to waste time.  Plus, I"m a SAHM, and will probably go back to work once my last kid is in school...and that will be sooner if we space them close together, so it makes more sense financially to have them in a row.

knottie198f1ac43570b6c2

Oh God who knows.

Until recently I was on the "NO MORE CHILDREN EVER" bandwagon.

But now the pregnancy amnesia has kicked in, and I am back to work, and LO is finally sleeping through the night, and I can't help thinking...maybe?

Pure stupidity. I should follow turtlewifey immediately out of this thread before I even consider this any longer.

 

Liz1485

We (by we I mean I) want to stsrt trying this summer too. I want a spring baby.

duffmaker

If all stays on the right track with our relationship, which it has gotten a lot better and looks like it should stay this way (counseling, it's helped a bunch in such a short time, so I have serious hope) we would go with our original plan. There have been fertility problems in my family so we weren't expecting one try to do it, so we started "not trying but not preventing" a few months before we were actually hoping to get pg... yea we were wrong. So to be safe we'll bet that is going to happen again. I'd like a spring baby/early summer (this summer was bad enough at 6 months, can't imagine dealing with that at 9!) or a November/December baby but I really don't want DD to be much older then 2. Wow that is such a scary thought... we'd start trying either this September or this January/February! My brother and I were 7 years apart, and it was horrible. All of the wonderful sibling relationships I've come across have been much closer in age, so that's what I want for my kids.

jb2rn

Double yikes! While I am 35, so can't wait long, and I am "fertility challenged", I can't imagine TTC anytime soon. We love ds to pieces, but it's hard to think about two when I haven't slept more than 3 hours in a row since late November.....

AB25840

We will start trying once our daughter turns one so we are with you!!