We are officially one and done as of last Thursday...DH got snipped. Any other one and done moms out there? It feels great to have our decision made and behind us so we can move on...it was a very hard decision to make!
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Re: One and Done
We are. I'm convinced and DH is ok with that even though he'd also be glad to have another. We haven't formally discussed the snip snip but I'm hoping he's open to it -- I'm tired of other birth control methods.
We are one and done as well (except my hormones, which occasionally scream "No, no, one more OR TWELVE!" my hormones are stupid!) and hubby got snipped right after DD turned 9 mo.
Definitely feels nice to worry way less.
Hell yeah, mama! High five to the members of the "One and Done" Club
We have always said we would only have one. For a while I wasn't even sure about having any. We now have our amazing little boy and I feel like it would almost be ungrateful of me to have another child. We had a lot of things going against us (prior m/c, pre-term labor & bedrest, advanced maternal age) so to finally have a healthy, full-term baby is such a blessing. Plus, I truly don't know how I could go through all those sleepless nights again and afford the time off from work- not to mention a second child. All that being said, I'd be lying if I said I didn't sometimes consider how sweet it would be to have a baby again and how we'd find a way to make it work financially...during random moments of weakness of course...lol. I hope I am as at peace with it as all of you when the time comes and the decision is "official."
We're one and done, but we haven't made it official yet.
I still have moments where I'd like my DS to have a sibling. But then the logical, rational side of me realizes that I don't want to go through pregnancy/childbirth/newborn stage again. And beyond that, I feel incredibly balanced right now. I have time for my child, my marriage, myself, my career. Generally we're incredibly happy. Knowing myself and my DH, a 2nd child would be tough on us. Right now we're comfortable financially as well, and I don't want to put us in stressful financial state.
Good for you for making the decision and making it official!
MMC 3.30.16
We are one and done. DH was snipped about a year ago.One thing about the snip: make sure your DH goes to all of the follow up appointments. It took a while for everything to clear, if you know what I mean. And for those whose DH is dragging his feet, two of my friends have gotten pregnant in the past year waiting for their husbands to work up the courage. Both were on birth control. Yikes!
As for our reasoning, I was was 40 when I had DS. I have heart disease and it was a hard pregnancy. I also had 2 small strokes when DS was 7 weeks old.
Basically it came down to being fair to my DS--he needs a healthy Mommy! We are blessed to have a lot of family nearby, including 6 other kids under 7 years old. DS will have "siblings" to grow up with, but they are the kind who go home!
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