Baby number 2

MLWCDW · October 2012

I am sure this has been covered but how long are you waiting for #2...assuming you old have one sweet baby

ChelseyB5186 · October 2012

We would like to wait until DS is 1, and then start talking about it. We've said we'd like them close together, so I would imagine we would start TTC when DS is anywhere between 12-24 months.

sharrison88 · October 2012

We are going to TTC around July of next year. That would mean LO would be around 2 yo when #2 is born if we get pregnant right away like we did the first time.

MarxieVonTrapp · October 2012

DH wants to start for #2 in April. I'd prefer to wait until September.

palma44 · October 2012

We are going to start TTC by the time DD is one, sooner if certian things work out. We want our kids close together.

photonbug · October 2012

Still on the fence about number two but if we do have one it would be when DS turns 4 so we would probably start TTC sometime after August of 2015. That seems so far away and yet not really!

haboyes · October 2012

We will probably start ttc when LO is about 18 mos. When I think about that and realize it's only a year from now, I kind of wonder if we will feel ready. Deciding to have a second is way harder than the first for me.

jessandandy09 · October 2012

I am waivering on having another, and DH wants to be done.

If I got sure about having another baby I would start trying in July 2013 that way the next LO would be due in spring 2014 and there would be approx 2 years between the two. (there were 2 years between my first two and I thought it was just perfect)

MMC0927 · October 2012

We haven't decided if we are going to try again. We talked about it over the weekend and we're still waiting until she is 2 to decide. I wanted DH to get a vasectomy, and he said he'd rather wait until she is 2 and we are positive we don't want to try again.

katieh1017 · October 2012

One and done here

lindy27 · October 2012

Right now we want them 4-5 years apart.

RedDDD · October 2012

We decided not to go on any BC after #1 but we aren't necessarily trying. Sort of started thinking about it around a month ago. We are mid 30's and don't really want to wait for #2 so if it doesn't happen on its own in the next few months we will likely start actively trying.

MLWCDW · October 2012

Thanks for the input ladies...DH and I always said we wanted to space them about 3 years apart. But now with positive career fronts rolling in and more income, I am getting anxious!

jcsntms06 · October 2012

We waited about 17 months before trying for C. We are officially done.

Good luck ladies.

mumegs · October 2012

I feel like 3-4 years apart would be good for me, but I had a sister that was only 15 months younger than me and I loved it, we are super close and had all the same friends growing up. Although my sister wasn't planned and I'm sure it was pretty rough for my mom for awhile! I don't think I could have another that soon, I'd have to be pg right now actually, but I feel like if I wait too long in between they won't be as close. Decisions, decisions!

lindy27 · October 2012

mumegs:
I feel like 3-4 years apart would be good for me, but I had a sister that was only 15 months younger than me and I loved it, we are super close and had all the same friends growing up. Although my sister wasn't planned and I'm sure it was pretty rough for my mom for awhile! I don't think I could have another that soon, I'd have to be pg right now actually, but I feel like if I wait too long in between they won't be as close. Decisions, decisions!

I think closeness has more to do with personality than age difference. I was 14 months apart from my sister and we got along most the time. A good friend growing up was like 16 months from her sister and they always fought. My DH has a good relationship with his brother and sister and they are 6 and 10 years older.

jnicolen1 · October 2012

mumegs:
I feel like 34 years apart would be good for me, but I had a sister that was only 15 months younger than me and I loved it, we are super close and had all the same friends growing up. Although my sister wasn't planned and I'm sure it was pretty rough for my mom for awhile! I don't think I could have another that soon, I'd have to be pg right now actually, but I feel like if I wait too long in between they won't be as close. Decisions, decisions!

My two boys are 17 months apart. On purpose... because we married late and didnt want to wait too long.
Both boys are pretty high maintenance and the first 4 months were very difficult. As in I cried almost everyday. But now it's great and was totally worth it.

beth6287 · October 2012

We really want another one now but we decided to wait until he is 2 so we will start ttc around april 2014....sounds so far way!

RileyM2010 · October 2012

The plan right now is to wait until DS is about 3 yrs old.

AudreyB113 · October 2012

We will probably start trying next June. We would like them around 2 years apart.

funkymonkeyohyeahhh · October 2012

We are currently not preventing, but not necessarily trying either. At this point, it'd be welcomed but we aren't going out of our way to make it happen. I'm BFing and have not gotten my cycle back. When he's about 15 months or so we will be more serious with trying (charting, OPKs, etc) if we are not pregnant. I will not be weaning in order to get my cycle back though. BFing is more important to me, and we plan to continue in to toddlerhood.

shealy12 · October 2012

We are not certian that we are going to have another. I have high risk pregnancies, so we would have to consult with docs and see what they think before getting pregnant again. That said - if we do, I think I'd like to start trying next August-ish.

PetitePomme · October 2012

We'll probably start trying for number 2 when Mia is between 2 and 3 years old. We need to pay down our debt first.

ADub09 · October 2012

We are doing another IVF in July. We have 6 frozen embryos to work with.

Violet28 · October 2012

DH and I weren't very close with our siblings growing up. My bro and I are nearly 3 yrs apart and he and is sis are about 4 yrs apart. So we decided on an 18 month to 2 yr range, depending on our monetary standing at the time. We are sort of preventing for now, but BC pills usually mess with my head and there isn't enough lube in the world to make me enjoy condoms so we will be fine with whatever happens.

laurack · October 2012

I like the idea of a 2year gap, plus if we want to have more than two we shouldn't wait too long. Hubby is 8 years older than me so he wants to do sooner rather than later. Also of course he's a man and doesn't have to carry and deliver the baby then have it attached to his boobies for weeks,lol. So for him it's like "hey why wait!".

I think next July/August we might try, I liked giving birth in the spring.

However I am not on any birth control, so I guess it could happen accidentally which I would not be happy about. My baby still doesn't STTN. We use the pull n pray method combined with EBF (no period), and of course not having a lot of sex to begin with.. lol.

kistjenn@yahoo.com · October 2012

We are done.....with 2. DH just had a vasectomy (sp) last week. Our girls are exactly 2 years 3 months, to the day, apart. And so far.....all has gone well with that. We too are in our 30's, so we didn't want to wait "too long". And I have to say, I'm glad it has worked out the way it has and we are glad to be done.

DinabethL · October 2012

We plan on TTC next October, after my brother's wedding.

Excited, but also kind of dreading it too. I don't want to go through all that again. I will probably feel differently by than!

Patella1129 · October 2012

I said that I would wait 2-2.5 years between kids. Ha. They are 16 months apart. Now, thanks to my lovely Mirena, we'll be sure to wait until next fall/winter to try for #3.

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