Hi,
This is the first time I have ever done something like this, so natrually I am bit shy. Some quick background info. I am a english stay at home mum living in Brazil with my 18 month old daughter & my husband. We have no family here it is just us (although my husband is Brazilian). I am so happy with my daughter & trying to start up a business around being a full time mum & taking care of our home. My husband helps as much as he can but he works 3 days a week in another city so I am mostly alone. Unlike England we don't have any mothers clubs here where mums can meet & intergrate. I have one play area close but I am lucky if there is another mum there at the same time. I had a easy pregnancy & birth, my daughter has been always been happy & content suffering no colic, reactions from injections or problems with feeding. Now she is 18 months & I feel a bit pressured to have another baby (not from my husband but from society, I am still in my early 30's but there is 14 years between me & my husband). The thought of gonig through sleepless nights, breast feeding & caring for 2 children makes me feel sick. I know my husband want to have more children but my gut just says no. Am I being selfish? I don't want to give up my life just to have children I want to be more independent again. Help?
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The thought of having a second child fills me with dread. Do I have a problem?
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RoseannaLingLing · 17/11/2017 15:45
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