I'm 8 weeks pregnant with DC3 and prior to getting pregnant I was really excited about the prospect of having another baby....in fact it was all I could think about since I gave birth to DS2 2 years ago! however, for the past couple of weeks (ever since the 24/7 nausea and tiredness kicked in) I have been getting increasingly more worried about the whole situation, and whether or not I will be able to cope when the baby comes. I already have 2 very active sons (who will be aged 5 1/2 and 2 1/2 when new baby arrives) and sometimes I can barely cope with them!!! My husband is very hands on at the weekends when he is around, but works very long hours during the week, and I have no immediate family in close proximity, so it really is all going to be down to me.......I can't believe that I am feeling this way, and I just want to regain some of that excitement again.....to make matters worse, we told DH's parents this weekend (as MIL was making comments about me being lazy and not doing much to help DH with the kids - DH wanted her to know that it was because I was feeling rotten)...anyway, her response was "oh", followed up by, "well, you're not going to have any money anymore now are you" and "well you know that we won't take all three of them at the same time".....charming, and also quite ironic considering that she and her husband have looked after our 2 boys an average of 2 days per year in the 5 years we have had our children!!!! ANyway, I suppose that just put more of a dampner on it for me, as it highlight all the things that WILL be difficult about having another baby......to make matters worse, the whole 3rd baby was my idea in the first place and I had to talk DH into it (although he did come round of his own accord in the end)....I just can't help but worry I've made a terrible mistake!!! SOme words of encouragement please!!! At the moment I've got myself so worked up that having 3 kids is some hurculean feat that I'm totally incapable of coping with!!!
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