Our first child has just turned ten months. At the end of my maternity leave (Autumn this year) I'll be starting a degree (3-4 years) so my gut feeling is to wait until the end of the course to get pregnant again. Also I have depression and the thought of another baby now panics me... but we definitely want 2 or more children eventually.
Twice friends have asked if we're planning another and I explain about the degree and they've sounded concerned and said that such a large age gap won't be good for the children. That makes me question our decision.
Should we try for a closer age gap? I could have a year out of my degree. Should we "get the baby stage out of the way" as I keep hearing other mums say?
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age gaps - planning ahead & taking others comments personally
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BeauNatt · 19/08/2013 14:54
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