Me and DH have one DS who is nearly 2.5 years. He is a very much wanted little boy who we adore. He's funny, cute and intelligent and brings us a lot of joy.
However, I had a horrendous birth experience which finished up with me having an emcs under GA and a double blood transfusion. DS was thankfully perfectly fine.
The first few weeks were tough as I was recovering from the cs and wasn't well. We both found the first 18 months hard as DS didn't sleep well at all.
Now, he eats well, sleeps well, is loads of fun and getting more independent. He loves attending nursery while we work and has lots of friends there. Finally, the last few months, things feel generally much easier.
However, many of our friends are now having second children and very much looking forward to it.
I on the other hand would rather stick pins in my own eyes than have another baby and go back to the sleepless nights, weaning, bottles etc. I would also have to have an elcs if I had more children and the thought of more major surgery doesn't appeal.
I'm also at a good point career wise now. People say 'it will be hard but so worth it', 'second children just fit in' and so on but I honestly don't feel it would be worth the stress to have another thankfully, my husband is happy either way so no.pressure there to have another one!
Am I missing something? I honestly feel a bit weird when I think it just wouldn't be worth the hard work another child would cause and I don't want to disrupt our life now it's getting easier.
Does / has anyone else feel like this? That no matter what, they just couldn't do it again? Or am I officially odd?
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PumpkinPie2013 · 06/04/2016 21:25
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