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to think if DH really loved me he would want another baby ...?

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WantsAnotherOne · 19/06/2012 16:55

Have N/C but suspect some of you might recognise me....i just don't want anyone from rl to

i know i am definitely probably being irrational and U

please wise MNers talk some sense into me...

i really want another DC. we have 2 already, aged 6 and 3. eldest DC is from my previous relationship.

i am 32 and DH is 40 but he just doesn't seem keen atm. saying things like we can't afford it at the moment, the kids are getting easier now they are older, we won't be able to do much without the dc as babysitting will become harder, there will be less room at home, we won't be able to afford to go on holiday (either with or without dcs) etc etc. he says he loves having time with just me and it will become so much harder if we had another one.

i do agree with his reasons to some extent but none of them are insurmountable. yes things would be harder but surely it would be worth it? they just all seem like excuses to me. we earn decent-ish money IMO. dh is on about 25k and i work part time earning about 5k a year and our housing costs are quite minimal.

i am a romantic though and can't help thinking that if he really loved me he would want to have another baby with me. it would be amazing for the dc to have another brother or sister, 3 has always been my "perfect number" of dc.
i also would like the experience of "trying" for a baby with someone i love as both dc were unplanned (although much wanted of course) and that makes me sad.

the 3 years since DH and I have had our youngest have been so happy and its been blissful raising her with the man i love as i never had that with my first dc as i wasn't with his dad. i am baby mad at the moment and incredibly broody :(

OP posts:
JustFabulous · 22/06/2012 19:42

I wanted another baby. DH didn't. He got the snip. Last month I was really late, did a test, he said we would have the baby and it would be fine. Got a BFN.

CheerfulYank · 22/06/2012 21:34

What's a BFN?

JustFabulous · 22/06/2012 21:45

Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test).

Whatmeworry · 22/06/2012 21:54

He'd be a fool to not think she'd purposely get pregnant by condom pricking etc? Why would he be a fool for trusting his wife?

You've tread the thread? If he trusts his wife here, he may well be holding the baby he didn't want.

WhiteWidow · 22/06/2012 22:00

Yes I've read the thread. But I'm making an educated guess that he now trusts her and all that is in the past, otherwise he wouldn't have married her.

He should be able to trust his wife. That does not make him a fool.

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