First time poster, please be gentle!
I'm 33 and have one DS, 5mo. We were TTC for over a year before I got pregnant, both DH and I love him to the moon and back!
Here's my problem - I have been diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder, have suffered with it my whole life. I have intense bouts of anxiety every couple of years or so that tend to be triggered by events in my life, one of which was pregnancy. I was terrified something would happen to DS, so I was obsessive about movement watching, what I ate etc. It was really tough on both me and DH.
Now DS is here, I think I'm feeling a bit better, however my anxiety is still really really high. Essentially, it's obsessing whether DS is going to develop a horrible illness and I'll miss it, I can't tell you how many times I've taken him to the GP. It's incredibly stressful.
Given all of this, WIBU to stick with DS as an only? I'm not even sure I want another child, but I guess when I thought about children I always pictured having at least two. My DH is currently wanting to stick at one, I think I'd possibly like another but I'm up in the air, if we only ever had DS I'd be fine with that. Is it selfish to have an only child through choice? I don't know anyone else who has.
Oh, I'm on anti anxiety medication, have had extensive cognitive behavioural therapy, am under the care of the peri natal psychiatry team, have a CPN etc, so I'm already receiving all the help I can.
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Iloverichtea · 12/02/2017 11:26
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12/02/2017 16:23
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