Babies: 0 - 3 Months
FTM- thinking of baby #2 yet?
When Charlie was first born my husband and I both said: How do people ever have more than one child?? We were having trouble getting used to sleepless nights and couldn't imagine raising Charlie and getting out of that up every 3 hours phase and then doing it all over again. Now that we are about 5 weeks in and getting settled in our new life I am already excited to think about having another baby! Obviously not at this point, but probably by the end of the year we will start talking about TTC.
So, now that your first baby is here- when do you think you will plan to have #2?
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Re: FTM- thinking of baby #2 yet?
I'm also really excited about #2. I really enjoyed pregnancy and so far DS has been an easy and happy baby. I'm a little worried that I've been spoiled this round and next time could be a lot more difficult, especially with a toddler to care for during pregnancy and the newborn phase. I think we'll try to aim for a 2 year age gap so we'll start TTC again next spring.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. -Philo
Baby N conceived after 1 miscarriage and more than 2 years of TTC. Diagnosis was low sperm count. We found success after 3 months of anastrozole to increase DH's testosterone and one IUI.
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I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not attractive. - Happy Gilmore
Not me. I want to enjoy every moment with DS for the next couple years.
THIS!!!! we always knew when we had a lo that we wanted to spend as much time together as a family of 3 before becoming a family of 4. and since my dh has his lil guy now, hes very willing to wait for the next one, so we decided that we would wait 5 years before starting to try again, our thinking is long term, like we are thinking about when one is in college (fingers crossed thats what he wants to do) then that gives us 5 years to help our first before we have the next one start. basically thats what my parents did with my siblings and i, except we were all 6 years apart and since there was a a good gap, they were able to help all of us with college.
THIS!!!!
DS1 Jan 2012
DS2 July 2013
DS3 February 2016
DD 1/3/2012
BFP 5/21/2013 MC 5/24/2013
BFP 7/16/2013 EDD 3/27/2014
while i was pregnant, my husband and i went back and forth on whether we wanted 2 or 3 kids. he wanted 2, i wanted 3. towards the end, he finally agreed on 3 kids. right after our DD was born, i felt exactly like you. i thought, how do people do this more than once? how has the human race survived.. i can't believe after one labor, people want to go back and do this again! multiple times! and then on top of that the weeks of sleepless nights and fussy baby.. i can't imagine doing it with another little one running around! i started saying our daughter would be lucky to have any siblings at this point.
as the weeks go by, i'm starting to forget the pain of labor more & more, but im still exhausted from caring for the baby. i wanted all of my children close together, but now i am torn because i cannot imagine sharing my time with my daughter with another baby right now. i want her to have my undivided attention. but i also like the idea of her having a playmate close in age. we will see what happens!
This is me exactly! I'm currently still reveling in the feeling of not being pregnant - while I didn't hate being pregnant, I certainly don't miss it. I like being able to tie my shoes and lie on my stomach!