We won't be TTC until around March or April of next year, but I can feel myself starting to obsess about another baby already.
Ideally I'd have a tribe of 10, but I'm pretty sure our next baby will be our last. Which makes me sad.
I just find pregnancy and newborns intoxicating.
Re: Anyone else thinking about your next baby?
If I could go from pregnancy to about 3 or 4 months old, we'd be having a lot more. Not a fan of the newborn stage.
We're wanting to start trying next summer. Hoping I can get 3 months off for maternity leave, and the rest of the summer in addition (teacher).
Exactly this! I would love to have another pregnancy. I liked being pregnant. And I love where we're at now. Four months is such a fun stage! Newborn stage...not so much. It was brutal. Even 2 months on would be fine. lol.
I have been thinking about TTC number 2 since DS was 12 weeks old. I think part of it has to do with trying for a year...I want to get this show on the road in case it takes that long again!What's that thing you have to do in order to have another baby? Have.....sex, right? Haha with LO that doesn't happen as often as I (and I'm sure DH) likes!
I have thought about it and I have started to chart my periods so that I have a better idea of when things might happen, unlike last time where it was "I've been off BC for 3 years, have 50ish day cycles, I THINK the last one was this time, and we had sex on these dates...roughly". I am not temping or anything. Right now we aren't in a position financially to TTC, but I hope by next summer we might be.
There are days when I miss LO being smaller and want a new little baby. There are other days where I can't imagine doing the newborn phase all over again. Heck, with LO's teething and being cranky there are times where I don't know if I can do THIS phase again! I am also concerned about how I would love baby #2.... I just can't see myself loving anyone as much as LO. I don't want new baby to take away attention from LO either
HELL NO!
But then again I already have 2 young ones. DS is a handful and his schedule is hectic. DD is another story with her allergies and eczema. I have my hands full and she is still not STTN. I'm good with the 2 I have until further notice
Yes!
I loved almost everything about being preggo, and love babies, children, all of it. I'm so with you about having a tribe of 10 if there were no financial pressures, I'd 100% do it.
It makes me sad to think the next one will be last. It'll take a ton of convincing SO on the right timing. I think he will want to keep delaying it.
I'm getting excited for it already, even if it is going to be 3 years away. But then I also try to remember not to take my fertility for granted. Maybe something will happen between then and now where we won't be able to have another. I also want to remember to appreciate and enjoy every second of the two children we already do have, instead of spending so much time thinking about a 3rd that doesn't yet exist.
Married April 1st 2017
DS #1: May 2009
DS #2: Jan 2012
Put me in the HELL NO category as well!
I really would like the time to bond with just DS right now. When he is older and ready to start preschool I'll think about having another so that I can give that baby the undivided attention they deserve as well.
Uh are you joking? If you're not then I have serious doubts about your OB. NO doctor is going to tell you to get pregnant right after having a baby. I have had several OB's tell me you should wait at least a year before trying again because pregnancy takes such a toll on your body.
This is us too.
This!
Congratulations!! That's exciting.
If it makes you feel better about them being close together, I know a couple with 2 sets of twins under 18mths. The first pair were IVF. The second pair were a night of, "we can't get pregnant..."
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
Pipsqueak born 6/9/14