to possibly be pregnant again!

[AmberSocks]

Ok,so i have 4 kids,they are 4,3,2 (5,4and 3 in feb) and one who is 12 weeks.

obviously small age gaps,i get alotofcomments about having my hands full,havnt you got a telly etc,which dont bother me really,as i do have my hands full!

I dont find it that hard,they bicker sometimes which i find hard but apart from that its fine.we live in a big house with 4 bedrooms and dont struggle for money so no worries about any of that.

after dc4 i decided i didnt want touse pills/coils/implants etc as i dont like the way they make me feel,and decided i would just figure out the days i would be fertile and not have sex on or around those days.

I did it online but for somereason forgot to put in that my cycle was long (34 days) and so instead of doing it on the days i wasnt fertile i did it on the days i was!(christmas day!!)

So now i am kind of shitting myself that i might be having number 5,which doesnt overly worry me in the ways you would think,but i am just worried about what everyone will think of me and the comments i will get!

Has anyone else had lots of children close together and how do you deal with all the attention?

If all you are worried about is what people will say, then may I be the firstvto say congratulations :o

thankyou SPB,although i might not be,but if past attempts are anything to go by it doesnt take much!

well its no one elses business is it so they can keep their opinions to themselves! but can i just say how impressed i am that you have a 12 wk old and that you might be pregnant?!
oh and hopeful congratulations btw.

Well with your method of contraception it's obvious you want another

Don't worry what others say....your DC, your life!!! My DD was only 8 weeks when I found out that DS was on the way!!

Are you definitely pg or just worried you might be? If you don't want number 5 yet I think I'd have a chat with family planning clinic about having a copper coil fitted. As it doesn't have hormones in it shouldn't make you feel weird :)

not definitly,but it kind of feels inevitable,its always been the first time before,but you never know i guess!

I think i can test soon,in fact i couldprobably do oneof those early ones?

Get one now and do a live POAS on MN .

Ftr, natural family planning doesn't work at all whilst your period are still settling down post-pregnancy. Its advisable to track a couple of cycles using condoms before relying on it too.

Buy a 2 pack of cheap tests and you could do one with your first pee in the morning?

Not applicable for now, but if you don't want more kids, though, and want to use natural family planning, then do it using rather more accurate methods than an online planner- persona monitor or suchlike. otherwise the eventual arrival of dc5 is pretty much a foregone conclusion...

Wow - I too am very impressed that with a 12 week old and three others you might be pregnant. I only have one DD and was far too exhausted to contemplate sex when she was that age!

Hope it all works out well OP.

I think they will be impressed at your stamina

The early tests work really really early - yes a live POAS post would be good -nosey and bored too!!!

I would like to have lots of DCs if I could afford not to work and could buy a bigger house - I am actually a bit jealous!!

wow thanks for the positive,i tohughtthere would be at least one person telling meim irresponsible because dont you know the worlds overpopulated etc,so thanks for that!

cant get anywhere to get a test else that would be quite exciting!I will get one asap though.

theres still bloody pine needles stuck in my space bar!

Don't worry about what everyone else thinks! If it happens it happens and if you'll be pleased either way don't spoil a minute of it worrying about others. Congrats on your new baby too (the 12 week old. Congrats again if your are upduffed!)

Is that some kind of euphemism? Were you shagging under the tree?

Congratulations . If you and your dp are happy then ignore any smart comments. People will always comment on your choices, whether you have one child, five, or none at all.

Go on POAS, you know you want to

hahaha kickassangel,i hate the usage of lol but i really did when i read that.

I am in awe of your stamina! If you can afford them and are coping it is only your business. Still in awe though!

Well good luck to you :) I don't know how you cope as I am seriously killing myself with dd age 9 and ds 7 months ....! But congrats! :)

If you don't want anymore after this though you definitely need to consider some better options than the natural method ... it really is hit and miss. I was trying for ds so was happy anyway but I know without a doubt I conceived the day after my period ended. Literally right away. Which is unusual.

Jeez, DS2 is 15 weeks old & there is no way DH is coming anywhere near me without a condom!

Congratulations & good luck but I do think you need to find a better method of birth control in the future. I wonder if subconsciously you did want another one? (Not hitching up judgey pants, just musing really).

wellwhen after i had dc4the midwife asked me the day after if i wanted more,i said no way,a week later when shewas discharging me i said yes in acouple of years,she popped round when he was about 8 weeks old she popped round to say hello(i had the samemidwife all the way through and she was there for the home birth too and she loved the kids so we got quite close) and i said yes but not right away,so i think maybe i did subconciously which is why we werent mega cautious.

i think when we decide to finish for definite dh will probably get a vasectamy.

You're irresponsible because dont you know the worlds overpopulated

Sorry, couldn't resist

Seriously congratulations if you are, another little one to cuddle and kiss and love :)

Ignore what other people say, so long as you and DH are happy who cares.

Any news Ambersocks???? There have been so many pregnancy threads this last few days I was thinking about you!