Let's talk next baby

brittanydec2012 · March 2014

We will probably wait 3-4 years. That's the age gap that me and my little brother are and I loved growing up like that.

chicki1012 · March 2014

DH and I would like 2 kids, this is our first. But right now me thinking about having another baby right now I could cry, heck NO!!! I'm sure I will change my mind eventually. DH and I are getting a little older though with us being 34. I don't want to wait a long long time for our 2nd. Maybe go off the pill end of next summer 2015. And the see what happens!!

Summer889 · March 2014

I'd like DS to be potty trained before we try for a second, so probably at least a couple years.

ac1259 · March 2014

I felt the same way after having DD1....I will never think that way again. I spent 2 summers in a row pregnant. We decided to just see what happened when DD1 was 6 months old and I quit my job to be a SAHM. If we were going to have more why not just have them quickly? But 2u1.5 is hard and I don't think I could handle the possibility of a NICU stay again. I know DD2 was only in the NICU for 6 days and you long term NICU mama's have my respect because it honestly made me pretty sure I don't want any more children. And this is coming from a Peds RN who has worked in the NICU. I'm happy with my girls! If I did change my mind at some point it wouldn't be until at least my older DD is 5.

ashleywiz · March 2014

We will ttc in 2 years.

mommabird77 · March 2014

We are on the fence about number 3. The option is out there, but not something we are planning any time soon. We will table it until after Viv is a year old.

daltosostarby · March 2014

We're planning on ttc about 6mo pp

ababymaybe · March 2014

Pretty sure I am done. Like 95%. I plan to get an IUD for now and DH will get a V in a few years.

DS1 was 18 months when I got pregnant. I am sure I will appreciate them being close later but it is tough right now! In retrospect closer to 3 years may have been preferable. Oh well. DH really wanted them close (they have the same gap as DH and his brother, incidentally) and I'm an only child so I kind of took his word for it.

MamaP19 · March 2014

We are pretty sure we want #3 but not until at least DD is in kindergarten and I have finished my masters.

luvdelilah · March 2014

I'm surprised at how many people are waiting for awhile to try again. When I was on the April 11 board, they started popping them out right away!

C-section mom here, so we'll wait about 18 months to try again. If it's a girl, we'll be done. If it's another boy, we might try for a fourth.

cowscrub · March 2014

DD 1 and DD 2 are 4 1/2 yrs apart
DD2 and DD3 are 5 years apart (got a divorce in this gap found a great man and started over)
DD3 and DD4 are 25 months apart.

And like @mrsjenni, NO MORE BABIES!!

RedSaffron · March 2014

I wouldn't mind having another one if SO could help out more, but him playing the "I work at 5 in the morning so I can't help at night" card makes me okay with just DD. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be up at night with another newborn and being up all day watching 2u2.

sparrowmomma24 · March 2014

My SO (who has been with me through everything with Ellie even though he was not her father) and I are planning on getting married sometime in the next 12-18 months. He has 3 children already so we've discussed having a baby at length. He is a little scared to have another child. His oldest is a serious headache right now. He had her when he was 17 and signed away his rights. He and the mother agreed to so that her parents could raise the baby. They did the right thing. Here we are 10 years later and they are suiting him for child support. They never filed the paper work. So he has a 10 year old he hasn't seen since birth that he now has to pay for and still isn't allowed to see until court is finished. Plus his other two children from his ex. So children scare him right now lol. However we have decided that we are going to wait a few months after getting married and then try for one. I will only have one child. After everything with Ellie, I don't think I could handle having several children. Plus, 4 children is enough for me!

angiek1 · March 2014

ksonne said:
I'm done. My two boys are 22 months apart. I feel complete with 2 but I think DH might push for another in a year or so.

This is me! DD is 2.5 yrs older than DD#2 and I am happy with 2. H wants to go for one more.

Actually we've talked about adopting an older child if we do decide we want more children. Only time will tell.

cnwilbur1030 · March 2014

We got pregnant with LO the month DD turned 1.

With my repeat CS, my OB told me I had a thin uterus around the old incision and to wait at least 2 years. Fine by me!

joynalanson · March 2014

I flip flop with how many I want, before I had one I wanted four... I know we will have another and if it's a girl I may be done unless I win the lotto.

Roses87 · March 2014

We will stop protecting when dd is 18 months ish. So summer of 2015.

goldenB · March 2014

We're going to start trying April 2015... We like having a winter baby

aessary03 · March 2014

I secretly want another one like now. However, ob doesn't recommend getting pregnant again for a couple years if at all.

MrsGraham06 · March 2014

DS1 and DS2 are 17 months apart.
DS2 and DD1 are 3 years apart.
DD1 and DD2 are 3 years apart.

We're done!

Piach · March 2014

I'm done. My daughters are almost exactly 3 years apart.

xanadu94 · March 2014

My husband has a 5-year-old son from a previous marriage (we have primary custody) and now we have our little girl. I am not sure about another one yet but I would be fine if it happened. I would like to get a bit more debt paid off first though.

RedSoxGirl10 · March 2014

My husband's current motto is "one and done" haha, so I'm not sure if we are having another one. But if so, I'd like to wait until LO is about 3.

bethughknee · March 2014

No. Let's NOT talk next baby.

I kid. Sort of... I don't even care. I'm soaking up DD so much right now. Our plan is 3 years from now but whatever plans get broken and I just don't even care. I'm so smitten with her, I don't want to divide my attention yet.

Stephorse · March 2014

This is our second baby. After my first cycle after the first one we got pregnant (wanted a second one but weren't planning on having one so soon!) . So my kids are almost exactly 16 months apart. We are thinking about a third, but we don't have the financials to support a third right now, and we may be happy with 2. Haven't quite decided yet.

Siblynika · March 2014

Our plan is another one in two years and be done having children before we're 30.

RingOfFire11 · March 2014

We are done. DD1 and DD2 are 2.5y apart.

LabPupLuv · March 2014

I had a c section and my OB said to wait a year or risk a premature birth. I am also "seasoned" so we want to try again ASAP so we will probably remove the goalie in January.

Rebis58 · March 2014

We want 2 or 3 kids total, and want probably 2 years between kids. I don't want another winter baby if we can help it, it's been hard being stuck indoors. So we'll probably start trying sometime late next spring/early summer. We'll decide about potential baby #3 after we have #2, I'm not sure I'll want to go through all this a third time (not even sure I wanna do it twice! But we want a sibling for N)

bellamatson · March 2014

Maybe next year? Lol

OnBabymaking226 · March 2014

We've certainly thought about it, but don't plan on anytime soon. Both because it was our original "reproductive plan" and because I greatly underestimated how hard the first few weeks would be, and I need a few years before being ready to climb that mountain again.

My DH will graduate law school summer of 2016, and we plan to try around that time depending on his employment situation (if he has a job lined up, we may try before graduation, but will not try until baby would be born after the Bar at the earliest). DD will be 2 1/2 when DH graduates.

bnik · March 2014

I'll be on birth control for a while just so that it doesn't happen right away then I'll go off and we will go back to not preventing but not trying. As much as I hated being pregnant and sick for 7months I love this tiny baby boy and it was for sure worth it. It would be worth it again

vstevens · March 2014

I'm a little late to this one, but with everything that happened with James we're actually committed to having more kids. I thought we'd end up with two, but now we're talking 3 and maybe 4.

We don't know what James' needs are going to be, but I know for SURE that they will be far better met by a big, joyful family. Even if it means I never sleep again. Ever.

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