when were you ready for another baby...scared of more multiples?

mirnb · April 2012

So I know i'm not ready yet (boys are not quite 6 months) but before having the boys I always wanted kids close in age...having 2 at a time kinda changes things though...not sure what is a good space apart...also afraid of having twins again (my boys were spontaneous fraternal). Any insight for those who have more kids..any one out there spontaneously have another set of twins?

OrangeSmoke · April 2012

I think there a few MoMs here with more than one set of multiples.

Personally I'd side eye anyone who isn't scared of another set of multiples. Mine weren't spontaneous but I still let out that huge sigh of relief during that first u/s. We've since double and triple checked. Just one!

caden · April 2012

My kids are 19mo and I'm still not ready for another baby(ies). I did IVF so unless I transfer 1 embryo my chances of multiples again scare the crap out of me. Then again I met a MoM at a local kids place who had 2 sets of spontaneous twins and she said it wasn't bad at all. She knew exactly what to do w/ set #2 so it went easier than round 1.

cocojack10 · April 2012

We had IVF and have 4 more embies frozen (frozen in sets of 2)... so yes, I'm scared sh*tless of another set of twins (or 2). I'm starting to get baby fever bad. We had said we'd go back early this year, but are scared of another set. We'd be happy, so don't get me wrong - I'd love 4 kids - just thinking of the possible complications again during pg and potentially after birth worries me.

Kelli&Jed · April 2012

We are ready to start ttc and having another set of twins is the one thing we are nervous about. It doesn't help that all the dr's in our practice love to tell us about the couple that had IVF twins then did a round of Clomid and had another set of twins. We're doing Clomid soon and I'm VERY nervous. But as my husband said at least we'd know what we are doing this time around.

The only time I've heard of multiple sets of twins was some lady in the checkout line at Walmart. She said her son had 3 sets of twins with 3 different ladies...she also went on to tell me her son is just like his daddy (who was also in line) and only thinks with his d!ck (her words not mine). Awkward. Only in Walmart.

Kb103109 · April 2012

My girls are 4 almost 5 months old and I would love to have another baby, maybe in a few years, but am terrified of the chance of having twins or more again. We did clomid and IUI to get prego. DH would like to have his boy and I would like to have a boy as well. The possibility of having more then one baby is just so scary. I had a hard enough time being pregnant and on bed rest with my girls. I don't want to go through all that again. I loved being pregnant, just not the bed rest. We'll see. We already decided we will wait at least 5 years or so, I don't know if I can wait that long though lol.

erinruns · April 2012

When my girls turned three I definitely felt like I could handle more kids. It was also around that time that having twins again didn't scare me. Maybe it was seeing my girls play together, but I wonder what does just one baby do? Who would he play with?

CateElizabeth · April 2012

I have 2 sets of twins, 16 months apart. The oldest are 25 months and the younger ones are 9 months. The first set were the result of 2 years of trying and a year of fertility treatments (ultimately Gonal-F and IUI). The second set were completely spontaneous. I got pregnant the moment I stopped breastfeeding, around 7 months. It is crazy. Truly crazy. We were told afterwards that having one set of multiples increases your chances of having another, but I have no idea whether that applies to fertility treatment...my story is pretty whacked, I think!

lovebugkim · April 2012

I know one day I want to have another one. I always tell people that I would do twins again & wouldn't mind having a set of girls, but my boys were spontaneous, so I doubt that my chances are very high. I guess we'll just have to wait and find out when the time comes!

jbrennan312 · April 2012

OrangeSmoke:

I think there a few MoMs here with more than one set of multiples.

Personally I'd side eye anyone who isn't scared of another set of multiples. Mine weren't spontaneous but I still let out that huge sigh of relief during that first u/s. We've since double and triple checked. Just one!

Yes

pawstech09 · April 2012

I always had baby fever, even when they were little babies, I chalked it up to my hormones being ridiculously screwed up and crazy after a twin pregnancy, but it just got worse so we decided to have another one when they were not quite a year old (10ish months?) It worked out that they were a year old when I found out I was pregnant and I like that age gap! It's a personal preference though.

I was always petrified of having another set of twins, mine were spontaneous fraternal as well. It obviously didn't stop me from wanting another baby, but I really really hoped that it'd be just ONE baby! Luckily, he's just one! Nothing really you can do about it if there is another set of twins, just love them as much as you love your first and then go buy a lottery ticket

sdb421 · April 2012

My current pregnancy started off as a second set of spontaneous fraternals, so it DOES happen! We were not even trying to get pregnant and then surprise! We lost one of the babies at 8-9 weeks and I'm now having a normal singleton pregnancy. We never felt "ready" for a 3rd, but we are now delighted about the new baby and can't wait for him to join our family.

macchiatto · April 2012

I had no baby fever at ALL until the boys were a bit past 1 and then it was only a glimmer here and there till they were almost 2. At that point I was ready to talk TTC again but DH isn't yet. And honestly, age 3 has been exhausting so far and between that and finances, I'm starting to seriously think maybe we should just be done. And enjoy the advantages of having two the same age.

(Though I'm sure a part of me will always wonder what a singleton experience would've been like and miss having the chance to have a second go-round at all the stages.)

Tofumonkey · April 2012

We are terrified of having more multiples. Ours are spontaneous fraternal as well, so our chances are pretty high I would imagine.

I shudder at the thought of SIX international flights multiple times per year. Oh god, and feeding a family of six?!?! Puberty with four of them!?! Weddings for four????

Oh god, no. Please no.

Marybetina · April 2012

I found out I was pregnant about 2 weeks before my girls 2nd birthday. My girls were spontaneous fraternal, so the wait for my first u/s was unbearable. Although I would have LOVED another set of twins, we were a little relieved to see just one healthy heartbeat. The whole waiting period I kept telling myself God would give me what I could handle

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