Another?

tjheld · March 2014

I want to say that I saw a post like this the other day and can't find it!!

But I was curious who else is ready for another? Ideally & realisically I want to wait until O is out of diapers but I think think that DH is ready for another already! He keeps making little comments about how another could be fun and how O would like another brother and sister...I would really like having another one but I would at least like to be done pumping (I exclusively pump and its hard work). But I don't know maybe I would want another!!?? So for fun I was just curious what everyone else's thoughts are?

barista411 · March 2014

cagoldi · March 2014

Ask me again when I'm getting sleep.

On easy days, which we haven't seen in awhile now, I think I would like another one in 2 or 3 years.

Lately though, I'm thinking A will be our only baby.

Peaks and valleys.

But ready for another, as in TTC now, no. DH said something about wanting to try later this year. I don't remember specifics because I laughed maniacally before he could finish his sentence.

kailapop · March 2014

I had a c section and dr told me to at least wait till O is 18 months before we start trying. So that's the plan. At least he'll be out of diapers (hopefully) by the time #2 gets here.

Kim22 · March 2014

Me!!! I'm ready for #4. Not really because we are basically knocking our house down next month but really I thought this would be the last baby and I totally want another. I have three years between each but getting too old to wait that long. I was totally jealous when a friend who had one in August announced she is having another this August. DH said if I'm for real I need to be pregnant 1 year from now.

drowe214 · March 2014

Like others, it depends on what kind of day we are having with LO, but I think we will have another one. I had a c-section so we will wait at least a year before TTC.

Zilly13 · March 2014

2u2 is hard. Like knock your socks off hard. DD2 is easy-peasy most days and I'm still a hot mess half the time.

beccaxbooxbear · March 2014

Nope I'm done. Dh is getting a vesectomy

dobrydney · March 2014

I do find myself wanting another, but NOT immediately. We've talked about it and said that once Mia is a year old we wouldn't totally freak out if it happened accidentally, but that we'd prefer to wait until she's closer to 2 to start trying. It'd be best for us financially to not have 2 in diapers and formula (if BF was a no go again), and daycare for 2 for an extended period of time would be a killer. We go back and forth between one and done, having two, having three, four whatever...so who knows!

fitmama418 · March 2014

Not even CLOSE to ready yet. I want to wait at least another 3 years.

taradies · March 2014

I want one close in age, that way I don't have to start completely over later. That, and my 100% insurance coverage expires in 2 years and anything after that I will have to pay co-pays and a ridiculous percentage of prenatal and labor costs.

barista411 · March 2014

My serious answer is we are done. We have two kids, just shy of three years apart and it has work out great. It can be challenging at times but DD loves her little brother and helps out where she can. DH had talked about wanting three kids but I think we have both come to the conclusion that we are happy with two.

kbcrawford11 · March 2014

Nope! I had a very difficult pregnancy and delivery. My sister has 2u2 and I don't wish that on myself or anyone. I'm thinking we are one and done.

Kfran84 · March 2014

We want to take a long trip to Argentina. I won't leave DS this year, but will next year, so we'll start trying after that trip in Fall 2015. So LOs will be (hopefully) 3 yrs apart.

piperleigh · March 2014

Nope, we are done. I've gone through to many losses to try for another. I'm thankful for the 2 healthy kids I've been able to keep so our family feels completed.

Littlemama01 · March 2014

I sometimes want another right away but then I remember my scary birth experience and think I better wait and give my body time to heal. I would like a summer baby next time, it was/is pretty crappy to be so housebound with a newborn, definitely Doesn't help with baby blues and excersizing.

J&JJ2011 · March 2014

We're holding off a bit and thinking Summer of 2016. We're planning on taking B to Hawaii for our 5-year anniversay and starting to try for number 2 while there.

tisunge602 · March 2014

Big picture, we know we want two for sure, MAYBE three. It sounds silly, but it kind of depends on the sex of the second one. If we end up having another boy, we'd be done. But if it's a girl, I'd be ok with maybe trying for a third. The reason being I don't want three of a kind. Is that weird?

However, a couple weeks ago DH and I had a convo that made me realize how much he REALLY wants a girl at some point. Like, to the point where if #2 was a boy he would consider adopting a girl.... whereas I would be totally fine with two boys if it happened that way.

All that to say, these days when we're deep in the trenches of baby-rearing and sleeplessness, I am glad we agreed to wait at least a year before trying for #2. It's hard to even think about having another one right now.

amberrrjade · March 2014

Sept 2015 is our planned make another date.

PeachsMama · March 2014

Because of my c-section we're waiting 18 months to start trying.. Before that we had planned to start trying on LOs 1st birthday. We want 4.

jennifertewart · March 2014

I think we want three(ish), and we really want a little girl one day. But I would like to finish school and get a full time job before #2 comes along.

mmm50 · March 2014

We've always wanted 3 or 4, so we plan to have more children. We're going to start TTC summer of 2015.

SamanthaPo · March 2014

I think we are getting another dog. Therefore it will be at least another year before we begin TTC.

Mum2Be28 · March 2014

We have 2 bedrooms and one bathroom, so I cannot imagine having another right now for that reason only. I know that's a FW problem, but I just need more space. We are hoping to be in a rental by Christmas of this year but my husband thinks the addition will take 9 months. So I would like to start trying at the beginning of 2015, or maybe even like May of 2015.

[Deleted User] · March 2014

I thought I would want to wait a few years, but I have a few friends who are just KU and I'm jealous and getting pregnant/baby fever again. I hated being pregnant at the time, but I want to do it again. I love the end result so much :-)

EandIMommy86 · March 2014

We are done. We got one of each and are happy with that. I think having two under 2 is fun but a lot of work.

mwhipple77 · March 2014

I feel pretty confident saying we're one and done. Me and DH are older (me 36, he 42), plus labor and delivery were awful. DH knows my opinion on things, but I think he would still like another. I told him his 3rd wife can have his next child.

housewifehair · March 2014

One more for sure. You get the best deal on Disney World vacation packages with 4! In all seriousness, I know 2 is probably all we can handle.

PeachsMama · March 2014

BrittAnnie19 said:
The plan all along was to be done with this one. Then when Cass was about 3 days-old I was rethinking that. We're probably done. We like the 2 year age spread so we'd start trying the end of this year/beginning of next year if we decided we want another, but more than likely this is it for us. In a perfect world if I could win the lotto and stay at home and we didn't have to worry about enough money to put 3-4 kids through college, we'd do it. But the way things are, 2 is probably best. I already have mom guilt at times about not having enough 1-1 time to devote to each kid.

Is it lame that avoiding a minivan and having an even number of kids so we can pair off and go on amusement rides together also factors in as plus points for the stop-at-2 equation?

I want 4 because the 6 of us will fit comfortably in my SUV. I'm not a mini van mom! And I never will be!

Edit because mini van and mini can are not the same thing..

88sharonlee · March 2014

This is so tough. We always talked about wanting 2, but talking about ideals and facing realities are two very different things.

Sometimes when I'm sad LO is growing so fast I like to think that this isn't my only chance to have a newborn, 1 month old etc.....I can do it again.

The big things are money and time. Can I provide a good life for two kids, with summer camp and vacations and college? Can I be happy and not crazy busy from exhaustion?

But how can I put a price tag on a child or giving LO a sibling!

In the end, I think a second WILL happen, we'll make it work, but not right now so I'm going to enjoy not having to make this decision for at least another year.

bglovesbabyk · March 2014

I am about to turn 37 and DH is 42 so we are going to start trying again next month. I can't wait till this guy is older, gotta get this party started.

okashimochi · March 2014

I found myself thinking I could go for another, but I want to focus on just Connor. We agreed on waiting for at least 2 years before trying for a second. I want some years between them. Just not too many years

mskatiep · March 2014

I threw up yesterday morning out of nowhere and my first thought was I better not be pregnant. I had a c/s so I have to wait at least a year. If I have my way, we will start trying again Feb of 2015.

justmepreggo2020 · March 2014

A second one for us is planned in the near future for sure. Though, we haven't exactly talked about when to start trying..I'd like for DS to be at least a year old.

Just like @keight38 I admit that I also have found myself literally jealous of a pregnant lady at BBB the other day - - crazy I know - - hormones do weird things

justmepreggo2020 · March 2014

katielou711 said:
My period was 3 days late and all I could think was 'fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck'. So obviously not.

Ask me again when it doesn't hurt to go to the bathroom.

Sorry, having a bitter day.

Let me brighten up your day/evening a little then.

SoonToBeRCarlin · March 2014

DH is ready for another already. If we have a second child, I want them to be close in age but not that close. LOL. I was under the impression we were one and done until DH started dropping hints and then flat out told me he wanted another. We've talked about it and will probably start TTC when DD is one.

rach1283 · March 2014

We are waiting 2 years before try for #2. LO has been such a difficult baby, I want to enjoy my time with her now that she's really developing her personality and is full of smiles. I like the 3-year age difference. My sisters and I are all 3 years apart and I think it works well!

inlove0509 · March 2014

No way! Two and through for us. Hubby was snipped this week.

YummeeCookee · March 2014

I am torn too. I wouldnt want my children to be more than 3yrs apart in age, but the thought of doing all that over again, THIS time w a would be toddler, is deterring. Being pregnant was fine for me and I think it is really special, so that doesnt scare me. Its that first month of no sleep, and constant neediness that I just do not see how I could manage while caring for a 2yr old too. How do you STMs do it??

AlisonM12 · March 2014

We are one and done. We haven't made it a permanent decision yet, but DH will get snipped in the next few years once we are still sure. I am constantly reminding myself to enjoy every moment since it's the only time I'll have a baby.

JaneD112013 · March 2014

Yes! G is so amazing! I'm ready to TTC soon.

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